{"id":6,"date":"2009-07-09T11:23:20","date_gmt":"2009-07-09T15:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-05-04T14:28:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:28:00","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.johnsmalls.com\/design\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:20% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"405\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.johnsmalls.com\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/johnsmalls-design-profile4.png?resize=405%2C536&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25347 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.johnsmalls.com\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/johnsmalls-design-profile4.png?w=405&amp;ssl=1 405w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.johnsmalls.com\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/johnsmalls-design-profile4.png?resize=227%2C300&amp;ssl=1 227w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.johnsmalls.com\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/johnsmalls-design-profile4.png?resize=113%2C150&amp;ssl=1 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-a4cc6099823eaa240a22e006325cf903\">John Smalls is a New York based multidisciplinary designer with over 20 years of experience developing consumer products and retail-ready design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-30c86d5eb4a73aad49596373da1a0adb\">He began his career in apparel, creating illustration driven graphics for licensed and private label brands, building a strong foundation in production, product development, and high volume execution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-01ea8b9c7a4490c06ce1d8e438e68a3c\">He later studied industrial design to expand into physical product development, working across concept, 3D modeling, and prototyping. Today, his work focuses on packaging, product graphics, and brand systems designed for real world retail environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-ed9dd18669d9762fb03702e0b6a13727\">His approach is grounded in practicality and shaped by extensive experience within manufacturing and production driven settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-b853a2e5c22093ca2686f43c978ec9cf\"><strong>Contact:<\/strong> <a>john@johnsmalls.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Smalls is a New York based multidisciplinary designer with over 20 years of experience developing consumer products and retail-ready design. He began his career in apparel, creating illustration driven graphics for licensed and private label brands, building a strong foundation in production, product development, and high volume execution. He later studied industrial design to<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnsmalls.com\/design\/about\/\" class=\"more-link themebutton\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnsmalls.com\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnsmalls.com\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnsmalls.com\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnsmalls.com\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnsmalls.com\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":1190,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnsmalls.com\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26025,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnsmalls.com\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/26025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnsmalls.com\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}