A kid graduates from a dumpster-fire design program and starts shopping his portfolio. Good design shops laugh. So he considers professional cycling. But design is so easy, and it pays huge!He lives on Ichiban.Then he opens his own design shop at 22, and it does okay, but he wants more. So he co-founds Hangar 18. It takes off. So does he, in 2011, to start Carter Hales Design Lab.Meantime, he also creates The Pink Door Paper Company, an award-winning line of luxury stationery and spa products. But his Uncle Lenny tells him, “Kid, ya can’t ride two horses with one ass. Commit to something.” So he sells Pink Door to go all-in on Carter Hales, a brand-focused boutique with clients in every corner of the globe and with exclusively senior-level talent among its current team of thirteen.Turns out that was a good idea. One Show, Lüerzer’s Archive, Pentawards, Applied Arts, ADCC, and Communication Arts agree.