ABOUT THIS PUBLICATION Saüse started as a vision of elegant work produced by talented designers, who, aside from being wholly devoted to their craft, were devoted to one another as friends. Naturally, as the group was newly formed and initially unsure of its own bandwidth, many ideas for potential projects were thrown into the mix. They ranged from local flavor T-shirt designs to ornate and bizarre photoshoots to bachelorette event packages. However, as their first foyer into working together, the group had to carefully weigh each suggestion to eventually arrive at an idea which would allow all talents to come to bear in producing something tasteful, creative, and perhaps even uniquely Portland. Mag-Big was selected as the most mutually agreeable potential client. The store’s magnetic
sense of local loyalty and promotion of all things Portland made it and the apparel designers who proudly offer their goods within it a good fit with the sentiments and motivations of the Saüse design crew. In addition, since half the Saüse crew had helped the owner construct the shop from the ground up several years prior, it seemed a logical progression to turn their talents to what they did best: design. The magazine which you have before you represents many hours of planning, photographing, retouching, emailing, compiling, editing, and all manner of other designerly activities. However, perhaps more so, this publication represents what happens when a small but passionate group of people come together to do something they believe will accurately reflect not only their skill sets, but their fundamental insights into why it is right to support your local economy, exciting to be a designer, and amazing to be a Portlander. 3