PROFILE GRID 3 International partners—Ruth Mellergaard and Keith Kovar—have worked as retail designers for more than 20 years in New York City. Design and planning are problem-solving exercises for them. “We help our clients develop and showcase their own identities as retailers and meet their customers’ needs, rather than developing a GRID 3 look," Mellergaard explains. “Every client has particular ways of working and merchandise they like to sell. They have different tastes and expectations,” says Kovar. “We design for those differences.” GRID 3 considers operations, security and return-on-investment as part of the design. GRID 3 implements lighting solutions employing the latest in technologies. GRID 3 works with experienced contractors to build beautiful stores. “From a contractor’s point of view, Ruth and Keith are extremely receptive to and strive to understand solutions, offered from the field. They always work towards the positive: the solution, and avoid dwelling on the negative: the problem,” says Robert Dykman, RAD Construction Consultants Inc. “Working as a team leads to projects that are completed on time, on budget and with adherence to the aesthetics of the design.” For more detailed information about working with GRID 3 International, please call 212-391-1162 or e-mail us at ruth@grid3.com / kovar@grid3.com GRID3 profile [download PDF]