The bench
Always more together.
When things get hard, most people pull back and go it alone. We’d rather step forward together. Bureau St. James is building its team, and it starts here.
The bench
The people who work beside James on stores and the ideas behind them.
Designers, visual merchandisers, makers, sellers, technologists. A small crew, building the studio as we go.
Field partners
The specialists we call on when a project needs them.

Architects and the people who build stores, engineers of every kind, makers of fixtures and materials, store operators, technologists, writers and artists. Anyone, in any field, who sees stores differently.
An experiment
We’re building the team first, then going after the work together.
We don’t know yet who will walk through the door. We’d like to find out.
Promises
- No exclusivity.
- Work with anyone you like.
- Your name stays yours.
- No client sees it without your yes.
- James reads every note.
- And answers it.
The form
Introduce yourself.
Short answers are fine. What you send stays with Bureau St. James; the privacy page says how.
Thank you. James reads every note.
Questions, or want your details deleted?
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