For over a decade Spore has served a niche design market offering doorbell buttons and chimes which integrate into a variety of environments. Featuring a product line of architectural accents for commercial and residential use Spore also engages in custom works on a by project basis. The Spore style has garnered the attention of dwellers worldwide, major hospitality and retail designers in addition to top design publications. Spore is independently owned and operated by industrial designer Ted Pierson and his wife Lily. They live in Seattle with their two young daughters. Spore Philosophy Spore is committed to delivering quality design for modern aesthetics. Spore continually strives to uphold fundamental values for function and form. We are inspired by the desires and demands of style-conscious homeowners, architects and interior designers. It is our mission to provide solutions that integrate into a variety of environments. Our products are thoughtfully designed, meticulously engineered and produced using carefully sourced materials. Ted Pierson has been designing solutions for everyday problems since graduating from Western Washington University’s Industrial Design Program in 1992. Before starting Spore, Ted gained experience at firms working on a wide variety of projects and approaching design from the purely aesthetic to the technically precise. With Spore, Ted has narrowed his focus to architectural elements and thrives on being involved with the design process from concept to production. A particular guy, he favors Japanese and vine maples and would like to have an old Citroen DS. His tastes also include apple crisp and crackers flavored with ajwain.