A space for optimism in action

Crafting experiences with emergent technologies to make design a regenerative force in the world

For so many, the status quo isn't working.

Our practice isn't about optimizing broken systems or making the unpalatable more digestible.

Design can no longer function merely as the aesthetics of consumption or the friction-reduction mechanism of extraction.

We aim to fundamentally reimagine what systems might and should exist instead.

Read our manifesto

For so many, the status quo isn't working.

Our practice isn't about optimizing broken systems or making the unpalatable more digestible.

Design can no longer function merely as the aesthetics of consumption or the friction-reduction mechanism of extraction.

We aim to fundamentally reimagine what systems might and should exist instead.

Read our manifesto

For so many, the status quo isn't working.

Our practice isn't about optimizing broken systems or making the unpalatable more digestible.

Design can no longer function merely as the aesthetics of consumption or the friction-reduction mechanism of extraction.

We aim to fundamentally reimagine what systems might and should exist instead.

Read our manifesto

Values

Intentional Design

Practicing design as a craft, a thoughtful combination of skill, precision, and care.

Posthuman Optimism

Building for a future where technology, humans, and ecological systems work in tandem.

Natural Intelligence

Designing for a world where technology learns from the wisdom of living systems.

Ethical
Progress

Embracing emerging technologies while carefully considering the ripple effects.

Approach

Big Questions

We tackle fundamental questions shaping the future, helping clients move beyond incremental steps toward bold, paradigm-shifting solutions.

Big Questions

We tackle fundamental questions shaping the future, helping clients move beyond incremental steps toward bold, paradigm-shifting solutions.

Big Questions

We tackle fundamental questions shaping the future, helping clients move beyond incremental steps toward bold, paradigm-shifting solutions.

Technological Expertise

From climate tech to AI, biotech to crypto, we turn emerging technologies into empowering and meaningful products.

Technological Expertise

From climate tech to AI, biotech to crypto, we turn emerging technologies into empowering and meaningful products.

Technological Expertise

From climate tech to AI, biotech to crypto, we turn emerging technologies into empowering and meaningful products.

Comprehensive Process

For 0-to-1 launches, we define strategy and execute it across go-to-market, product-market-channel fit, deep user research, and more.

Comprehensive Process

For 0-to-1 launches, we define strategy and execute it across go-to-market, product-market-channel fit, deep user research, and more.

Comprehensive Process

For 0-to-1 launches, we define strategy and execute it across go-to-market, product-market-channel fit, deep user research, and more.

Responsible Practice

We design with awareness of social, environmental, and technological systems, ensuring the future serves people and the planet.

Responsible Practice

We design with awareness of social, environmental, and technological systems, ensuring the future serves people and the planet.

Responsible Practice

We design with awareness of social, environmental, and technological systems, ensuring the future serves people and the planet.

Anti-Bureaucracy

Free from bloat, our focused approach enables rapid decisions, smart prioritization, and creative breakthroughs.

Anti-Bureaucracy

Free from bloat, our focused approach enables rapid decisions, smart prioritization, and creative breakthroughs.

Anti-Bureaucracy

Free from bloat, our focused approach enables rapid decisions, smart prioritization, and creative breakthroughs.

Design that scales

CLIENT FUNDING RAISED

$200M+

Our clients have raised millions in venture funding from top firms

CLIENT FUNDING RAISED

$200M+

Our clients have raised millions in venture funding from top firms

CLIENT FUNDING RAISED

$200M+

Our clients have raised millions in venture funding from top firms

END USERS REACHED

100M+

We’ve worked on products touched by millions of people

END USERS REACHED

100M+

We’ve worked on products touched by millions of people

END USERS REACHED

100M+

We’ve worked on products touched by millions of people

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

28

Our founders have worked as professional designers for many years

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

28

Our founders have worked as professional designers for many years

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

28

Our founders have worked as professional designers for many years

Capabilities

AI Interfaces

AI Interfaces

AI Interfaces

AI Interfaces

Research

Research

Research

Research

Product Design

Product Design

Product Design

Product Design

Strategy

Strategy

Strategy

Strategy

Creative Direction

Creative Direction

Creative Direction

Creative Direction

Founders

Designing for a future that empowers people, advances technology, and respects our ecological systems.

Designing for a future that empowers people, advances technology, and respects our ecological systems.

We are a group of independent, multi-disciplinary designers, joined in our belief that technology, humanity, and nature aren’t opposing forces, but elements that can, and critically must, work in harmony to build better tomorrows.

A design studio for the next generation of tech innovators, we partner with ambitious startups and mature companies to bring visionary ideas to life.

Alonzo Felix

Founder, design

San Francisco

Alonzo Felix

Founder, design

San Francisco

Alonzo Felix

Founder, design

San Francisco

Alonzo Felix

Founder, design

San Francisco

Matt Kulp

Founder, design

Washington, D.C.

Matt Kulp

Founder, design

Washington, D.C.

Matt Kulp

Founder, design

Washington, D.C.

Matt Kulp

Founder, design

Washington, D.C.

Experience includes

From Our Clients

—Working Group elevated our company, evolving how we present ourselves to the market in a way that resonated with both top-tier AI practitioners and the Fortune 500.

We partnered with Working Group on a comprehensive collaboration spanning user research, creative direction, marketing strategy, and design.”

30+ user interviews • Foundational design system • Strengthened pipeline of customers and talent

Noah Gale

Cofounder, Tribe AI

View case study

—Working Group elevated our company, evolving how we present ourselves to the market in a way that resonated with both top-tier AI practitioners and the Fortune 500.

We partnered with Working Group on a comprehensive collaboration spanning user research, creative direction, marketing strategy, and design.”

30+ user interviews • Foundational design system • Strengthened pipeline of customers and talent

Noah Gale

Cofounder, Tribe AI

View case study

—Working Group elevated our company, evolving how we present ourselves to the market in a way that resonated with both top-tier AI practitioners and the Fortune 500.

We partnered with Working Group on a comprehensive collaboration spanning user research, creative direction, marketing strategy, and design.”

30+ user interviews • Foundational design system • Strengthened pipeline of customers and talent

Noah Gale

Cofounder, Tribe AI

View case study

Behind the Scenes

Contact

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FACT

A few data centers can consume millions of gallons of water per day for cooling—sometimes supporting fewer than 1% of local jobs yet draining key resources

SOURCE

FACT

A few data centers can consume millions of gallons of water per day for cooling—sometimes supporting fewer than 1% of local jobs yet draining key resources

SOURCE

FACT

A few data centers can consume millions of gallons of water per day for cooling—sometimes supporting fewer than 1% of local jobs yet draining key resources

SOURCE

Working Group

Working Group

Working Group