Surfacedesign, Inc. | 1,005 followers on LinkedIn. Surfacedesign, Inc. is an award-winning landscape architecture and urban design firm based in San Francisco, California. | Surfacedesign, Inc. is a landscape architecture and design firm based in San Francisco, California. Integral to the ideology of the practice, Surfacedesign focuses on cultivating a sense of connection to the built and natural world, pushing people to engage with the landscape in new ways. Our approach emphasizes and celebrates the unique context and imaginative potential of each project.