Working With Me
I started Mr Call Designs to be of use. I want to reach as many people as I can and become a resource for the American consumer: honest information, plain grades, and the confidence to make good decisions about what they bring home.
Home means something different to everyone. Whatever it means to you, it is the most important thing a person can have, and it deserves better advice than it usually gets.
If your brand wants to be part of that, I would like to hear from you. The crazier the idea, the better. I read every note myself.
Mr Call Designs
Brand documentaries
I come to your workshop, mill or factory and film how your pieces are made: the materials, the hands, the process. The film runs on my YouTube channel and journal.
The fee covers travel and production. It does not buy a review or an endorsement.
From $10,000 plus travel
YouTube and the journal
Editorial firewall applies
Pre-market advisory
I review prototypes or spec sheets privately before launch: structure, design and ergonomics.
If the finished piece later earns the mark on its own merits, I publish it. If not, the work stays between us. The fee covers my time only.
$15,000 to $25,000
Private. Consultation only.
License the mark
Pieces that score 90 or above can license the Mr Call Approved™ mark annually, for product pages, hangtags, retail and print.
Annual, renewed per review
A score of 90 or above
Submit a piece
Send me a piece to consider for a free review. I choose what I cover, and every piece is evaluated the same way as anything bought at retail.
None
Mine. Standard scoring on The Sofa Check™.
Speaking
I speak on trade standards, manufacturing ethics and honest product messaging, for design teams, conferences and company events.
Keynotes and panels
By topic and location
Write to me
Have an idea that fits none of these? Send it anyway. I answer these myself, so put a deadline in the subject line.