By Florence Fu
When you expand the acronym OMFGCO, you get the Official Manufacturing Company. The generic name is intentional, as OMFGCO sees itself as more than just a design studio. Throughout its lifetime, it has crafted brands, interiors and experiences for companies like Stumptown Coffee Roasters and MUJI, cannabis dispensaries like Serra and Electric Lettuce, as well as restaurants and hotels all over the country. Opportunities are left infinitely open-ended. “It doesn’t hurt that OMFGCO also makes for a shorter URL,” says Fritz Mesenbrink, cofounder and creative director, with a chuckle.
Founded in Portland, Oregon, in 2009, when independent studios and makerspaces were sprouting left and right, OMFGCO also gives a nod to the city’s maker movement in its name. The studio describes Portland’s design scene as friendly, encouraging community over cutthroat competition. “It’s a town full of dreamers and weirdos, and we have a company full of dreamers and weirdos t
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