THE FUTURE IS A QUESTION is a multi-disciplinary, design/story collective focused on improving education, the arts, cultural and civic life.
Our work unites editorial and design in strengthening identity, strategy and positioning for comprehensive fundraising campaigns and capital projects, admission and membership programs, enterprise magazines, exhibits, events, books, and more.
As a collective, our structure is unique. We work independently and in partnership with a passion for excellence and improving the common good. With over three decades of award-winning projects in our portfolios—work recognized with two Los Angeles Press Club Awards and multiple CASE, ADDY and IEA awards—we are a dynamic, forward-thinking force committed to our client’s success and community impact.
SHARI FOURNIER-O’LEARY is an award-winning graphic designer and art director (CASE, ADDY, IEA) whose clients have ranged from the first women’s surf magazine to Disney, Amgen, and Bank of America. Supporting education, the arts, and cultural organizations, O’Leary works with LA Opera, The Huntington, Pomona College, Scripps College, UCI, UCLA, and others. She received her BFA from Michigan State University with an emphasis in graphic design and served as a non-profit board member.
JOE WOODWARD has designed and led social impact campaigns over three decades. A four-time finalist and two-time Los Angeles Press Club Award winner, his writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Poets & Writers, and elsewhere. He is the author of a literary biography published by O/R Books, Alive Inside the Wreck: A Biography of Nathanael West. Woodward holds a master’s degree in education with an emphasis in teaching and learning from the Claremont Graduate University and an MFA in English from Brooklyn College, City University of New York.
