PAUL James opened Design Source International some five years ago, its aim to provide residential and commercial design experience. The company is based on one he started in Atlanta, Georgia in 1991.

"With its origins in Atlanta, Design Source brings 35 years of residential and commercial design experience to its clients," a company spokesperson said.

"With a focus on innovation, technology and client service, Design Source provides clients with positive, long-lasting project results."

An American, Mr. James moved to the island with his Bermudian wife, Lynn, during the 1980s.

"Design Source was founded . . . with the purpose of providing design solutions to industry, and to architecture," he explains on his web site, www.designsource.bm

"Since that time, we have had the privilege and honour to serve on many diverse projects. Our company philosophy has been to meet and exceed our client expectations when possible by assuming that their needs, as they interpret them, are foremost.

"If, in addition, we can infuse a fresh view point, or a heretofore overlooked possibility as a part of that solution, we make every effort to do so. In architecture and industry, a space or an object may impart on us a lasting impact, one which many people attribute to other things. On many levels, a building can actually nurture and protect us, or, it can suffocate and deprive us."

The web site continues: "We do have the opportunity to shape our buildings, as they, in turn, shape us. In short, design is the recognition of an opportunity to enrich life through architecture and industry."