Timothy M. Kobe

Timothy Kobe is a founding partner, principal, and design director for Eight Inc. He graduated with honors from ArtCenter in 1982 with a BFA in Environmental Design.

Kobe worked in Los Angeles for Herb Rosenthal and Associates and at the American Broadcasting Companies. Following graduation, he was employed in New York by Murray Gelberg. In 1982, he took a position with The Burdick Group in San Francisco. He worked at the firm founded by ArtCenter alumnus Bruce Burdick until 1987 when he became a founding partner of West Office Design Associates focusing on museum and exhibition design and was responsible for the master planning of several museum exhibitions throughout the United States and Asia.

As founder and CEO of Eight Inc. (with offices in San Francisco, New York, Honolulu, London, Beijing, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Singapore), Kobe has developed a design studio based on a transdisciplinary approach, including architecture (both residential and commercial), exhibitions, interior, product, and graphic design. Clients include Apple, Virgin Atlantic Airways, Citibank, Coach, Knoll, and Swatch among others. Many projects have received international design awards and have been published in Asia, Europe, and the United States.