Elevating Communities Through Impactful Design

Our Story

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We design to shape environments of purpose, beauty, and meaning.

Design is an optimistic endeavor capable of achieving wellness and lifting the human spirit. Committed to craft, we seek tailored ideas that result in elegant solutions that amplify the experience of a place.

We design to cultivate connections.

Knowing and caring about a place – its people, history, culture, and ecology – are fundamental to design. Our Studios skillfully see, listen, ask questions, and seek opportunities. As thoughtful interpreters, we design places that are in harmony with their regions and active in their vitality.

Our Studios

Indianapolis
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Chicago
Denver
Raleigh
Champaign, IL
Milwaukee

We design informed by interdisciplinary wisdom.

Shaping deeply relevant design solutions requires both specialized knowledge and expansive thought. We cultivate collaboration across all our disciplines and subject matter experts, avoiding blind spots and increasing possibilities.

We design in the open.

Design is a collective experience. We practice a transparent process with our clients and communities where all perspectives are welcome, and everyone moves toward impactful, creative solutions together.

We Design for Impact.