Bringing empathy to business and the built environment through integrated strategy, human-centered design, and thoughtful placemaking.
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Services
Fusaro & Co. is a thoughtful, highly effective design collaborative led by Emily Fusaro. The practice brings together a diverse team of strategists, business consultants, writers, designers and artists to meet each specific challenge.
Enterprise Strategy
At an enterprise level, we support executive leadership teams during times of introspection, realignment, and transition. We deliver actionable insights to define a core purpose, build capacity, create effectiveness, and realize bold aspirations.
Vision & Strategic Alignment
Vision Setting
Strategic Frameworks
Operational Strategy & Execution
Facilitation
Team Retreats
Stakeholder Work Sessions
Charettes
1:1 Mentorship
Employee Experience
Employee Journey
Culture Initiatives
Process Setting
Roles & Responsibilities
Design Services
At a project level, we partner with real estate investors, owners, and visionaries to position new and existing assets and create sense of place. We create connection and relevance through brand design, interior experiences, art installations and placemaking.
Strategy
Positioning
Market Landscape
Audience Insights
Community Engagement
Experience Brief
Brand Design
Naming
Logo & Visual Identity
Marketing Collateral
Website Design
Interior Design
Concept Development
Finish and Materials Selection
Owner’s Rep
Project Management
Model Units
Art
Artist Selection
Concept Development
Curation
Installation
Placemaking
Experience Design
Signage & Wayfinding
Retail Strategy
Property Management/Operations Playbook
Activation
About
Emily Fusaro is an interdisciplinary strategist and design consultant based in Portland, OR. Her career spans nearly two decades and includes leadership roles in strategy, design, and placemaking.
Emily has been fortunate to work in small, boutique design studios and large, global agencies. In her career she has collaborated with exceptional teams to develop strategic brand initiatives, design experiences and activations, and create visual identities for brands that span technology, fashion, hospitality and real estate. In addition to her agency experience, she served on the Executive Leadership team and investment committee at a real estate development firm in the Pacific Northwest. There, she led a holistic multi-year, multi-phased enterprise positioning and rebranding effort to signal a new legacy and set the company’s trajectory for the future.
Emily believes thoughtful, human-centered design manifests richer experiences, connects people to place, and yields higher returns for investors. She is insightful, passionate, and curious. She has a bias for action and loves working with visionaries, changemakers, and rule breakers. She is a systems thinker who believes no challenge is too complex and no dream is too big.
Emily serves on the Board of Directors for the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA) and is a member of the ULI Placemaking Product Council.
