HighStreet People: Steve Weinstein

NAME: Steve Weinstein

BIRTHDAY: June 12th (Gemini)

HOME: Blue Ash. Ohio.

WORK: Envoi Design. Owner. Partner. V.P. of Design. Illustrator. Product & Package Designer spe­cial­ized in the Toy Industry.

MOTIVATION: “I love the quote, ‘We are the music mak­ers, and we are the dream­ers of dreams,’ by Willy Wonka in the orig­i­nal movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. My motto is sim­ply, ‘do what you say you’re going to do.’ I hold peo­ple to that and try to live up to it myself.”

OBJECTS OF AFFECTION: My fam­ily. Blowing glass. Olives of any kind. My iPod Touch. Quiet evenings at our lake house. Crown Royal. A close game of rac­quet­ball. Gucci Eyewear. Movies.

OTHERWISE OBSCURED FACT: “I had an ele­phant at my fifth birth­day party. Actually, I had a chim­panzee and an ele­phant in my backyard.”

STEVE’S HIGHSTREET: “It’s very diver­si­fied. I can find an inex­pen­sive gift, a cool artsy book, or fur­ni­ture for my whole house. I can even have you come and design the whole house.”