Doug Powell is a designer, entrepreneur, and business strategist. Together with his wife Lisa Powell, Doug founded Schwartz Powell Design, a Minneapolis-based graphic design firm building successful relationships with a wide range of clients from Target to Andersen Windows, and from Hazelden to Carleton College.

In 2004, following their daughter Maya’s diagnosis with Type 1 diabetes, the couple launched Type1Tools to bring well-designed, kid-friendly tools to the daily experience of managing this complex disease. The success of Type1Tools lead to the expansion of the business into HealthSimple® with a vision to help the millions of 
people living with chronic health problems better manage their conditions and 
live healthier lives.

HealthSimple was acquired by McNeil Nutritionals, a division of Johnson & Johnson, in 2007. Doug currently serves as consulting creative director for HealthSimple, working in close collaboration with the Johnson & Johnson Global Design team.

Doug and Lisa have transformed Schwartz Powell into a consultancy bringing design thinking and strategy to a variety of organizations with a focus on health and nutrition.

Doug is a past member of the national board of directors of AIGA, the professional association for design, and a past chapter president of AIGA Minnesota, one of the organization’s largest and most active chapters. He has served on the adjunct faculty of College of Visual Arts in St. Paul.

A 1988 graduate of the School of Art at Washington University in St. Louis, Doug is a frequent commentator on design issues and has programmed and presented at numerous design conferences including AIGA GAIN in 2006 in New York City.

Contact Doug Powell: doug@schwartzpowell.com