DECEMBER 21, 2007 ÍUStlOUtí13 northwest Designs Inspired by the Arts employees brought interior warmth to a cold exterior by using earth For the past 15 years Paolo Design Group has been transforming tones and neighborhood architecture to highlight the great food and both commercial and residential Portland spaces into contemporary spirits the owners and employees have created in the popular new works of art. restaurant. The gay creator of the com­ pany, Paul Scardina, is a mas­ ter of his craft and takes on every new interior space with originality and passion. After earning degrees in both fine r----------- business watch “My next goal is to retire somewhere in the Mediterranean!” laughed Scardina. Hopefully, he and Paolo Design Group will contin­ ue creating unique and beautiful designs for the city and not flee to the beaches just yet. For more information call 503-222-1751 or visit www.paolo designgroup.org. arts and architecture in Ohio, Pacific Audiology Helps the Hard of Hearing he decided to pursue his dreams on the West Coast. Scardina then spent his postgraduate years studying dance in the In 2010, a startling 40.2 million Americans will be older than 65. Bay Area. “After college I had a decade full of dance,” he said. Of this number, one in 10 will need a hearing device. This is why Scardina not only toured hut also started his own dance company. Allison Bradley decided to open Pacific Audiology Clinic. It was not until he received his final degree in interior architec­ Specializing in hearing amplification, Pacific Audiology Clinic ture from Western Design Institute that he realized he was ready to tests and treats hearing loss using a variety of hearing devices and make brilliant art pieces with his hands and not his feet. With advice methods. It is the only hearing clinic in Portland that takes a holis­ from a former partner, Scardina packed up his supplies and moved to ! tic approach to audiology. Bradley provides preventative hearing Portland in 1990. He then opened Paolo Design Group, and his com- | measures to patients ranging in age from children to senior citizens. pany has flourished ever since. “In the beginning my company focused To maintain hearing levels in her patients, the 34-year-old lesbian can on more commercial spaces, but after a few years we began to shift to create custom ear plugs, sleep plugs, iPks and “really got inside the client’s head” Bradley brings more than 11 years of experience to Pacific Allison Bradley of Pacific Audiology Clinic is dedicated to Audiology Clinic. She graduated from State University of New York preserving a fifth of the senses. to make the space a success. When walking into the restaurant, a per­ at Buffalo with a master’s degree in audiology and is completing a d