About Us
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Brand
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Since 1993, r.o.i. Design provides a return on the design investment and creates lasting customer experiences.
We are a creative team that leads the process of collaborative planning and design.
Our methods and problem-solving skills produce outcomes that are based on budget, brand, and beauty.
We value innovation, discipline, commitment, hard work, and honesty. Our customers have said we are different from other designers. They describe us as practical, flexible, resourceful, and “good businesspeople”. Our portfolio demonstrates a variety of looks and styles. This supports the notion that our designs reflect our customers’ budget, brand, and sense of beauty, not our own preference for a particular look or style.
We operate in a 6,000-square-foot office and a 3,000-square-foot materials library located in a historic building near downtown Grand Rapids. We are supported by over 30 material representatives, keeping us up to date on the latest resources.
Our Process
Whether you take advantage of many of our design services or just a few, we start with listening. We want to understand your goals, your budget, your brand as well as your style.
We believe the best design ideas are the result of listening and understanding, and then the collaborative sharing of concepts and possibilities.
Developing a shared language and images that describe a concept direction is pivotal. From a common vision, planning can begin. From concept and planning, the layout and a selection process can begin. Customer meetings move ideas forward and the design can be documented, and details are developed so others can provide budgets and plans to execute the design.
We participate in providing finishes and furnishings to complete the project. In addition to purchasing and reselling the products to our customers, we support the process with layout, selection and planning.
We are available through project completion to answer questions and provide direction.
Our Team
Mary Witte
Owner & Design Development
Ryan Bright
Creative Executive – Operations & Graphic Design
Lindsey Turner
Associate Interior Designer
Rayanne Rzepka
Assistant Procurement & Product Manager
Mira Witte Hekman
Architectural Designer
Marianne Martz
Executive Interior Designer
Ronda Geyer
Product Procurement Manager & Project Manager
Julie Kleinjans
Finance & Marketing
Cyndee Thenikl
Design Administrator
Mary Jane Caster
In Memoriam
Mary Witte
Owner & Design Development
Ryan Bright
Creative Executive – Operations and Graphic Design
Lindsey Turner
Associate Interior Designer
Rayanne Broadway
Studio Administrator
Mira Witte Hekman
Architectural Designer
Marianne Martz
Executive Interior Designer
Ronda Geyer
Product Procurement Manager & Project Manager
Julie Kleinjans
Finance & Marketing
Cyndee Thenikl
Design Administrator
Mary Jane Caster
In Memoriam