what we do

We are designers who partner with communities and disciplinary experts on projects for sustainable development and leverage multiple perspectives to create new value. Bringing together people from diverse communities and disciplines, we design creative, innovative, and sustainable solutions for social, cultural, economic, and environmental problems. We believe design is a tool to empower people and change the way we think.


developing partnerships. The value of our process is beyond the products we produce – it is what we cumulatively share, exchange, and learn with all of our partners. Projects we undertake are rich opportunities for innovation, development, and a positive impact for all. We work to leverage these values. The designShares site is a space to articulate the ideas we have and how we put these ideas into practice. We hope successful projects and lessons learned are used, reproduced, and made better by others for development and change.


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what we're working on

SPRING 2010 On design for selling moringa powder in southern Africa with Ed Lin of Impala Development Services. This is a project with the UF Graphic Design Technologies & Processes class (BFA class of 2011). Visit our blog or find us on Facebook.

FALL 2009 Design of identity mark for Expo de la semilla Maya in Quintana Roo (March 2010).

SUMMER 2009 Continued Web site design and development for Kuxtal along with additional products. Continuing work on artisan project, xyaat, and editing fieldwork videos, thick descriptions from fieldwork trip in Feb 09.

APRIL 2009 Web site design and development for Kuxtal along with additional products.

FEB 2009 Returning from fieldwork research for a UNDP funded project to create Kuxtal Sian Ka'an, to promote a sustainable handicraft industry. This is a collaborative project led by U´yo´olché and Amigos de Sian Ka'an. We worked on discovery and definition phases in Quintana Roo, México to inform the design process and develop new projects. Read more about this on our blog. Met with Gualberto Casanova Mezeta in Noh-Bec for potential project related to organic farming and to bring organic, local products direct to market. Visited other artisans in the region and Marcos Canté of Cooperativa Xyaat in Señor.

life in context


Día del Migrante Yucateco.
Santa Elena, Yucatán, México.

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