Let's be fearlessly creative.
Courage unites us
We’re a design firm built to unleash creativity. You’ll find it in our people, with our clients and throughout our communities — whether it’s in big, breakthrough projects or the small, everyday moments. Our creativity fuels audacious ideas, unlocks opportunities, shapes culture and keeps our spirit relentlessly optimistic.
We encourage people to be their authentic selves. We help everyone we encounter become their best selves. And after more than a century of creating, we’re only getting started.
Culture in action
Living Centered-Design
Living Centered-Design
Living-Centered Design is our firm’s ethos. It’s a bold commitment to leveraging our talents to not only enhance the world but to fundamentally reshape it for the better. It’s the cornerstone of our brand, intricately intertwined with our purpose to help people, communities, businesses, society and the planet flourish.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
We believe — and results show — that our team is stronger, our work is better and our impact is greater when we amplify different voices, viewpoints and perspectives. There is no place in our firm or our profession for bias or inequity, and we’re doing the work to drive change.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
We believe — and results show — that our team is stronger, our work is better and our impact is greater when we amplify different voices, viewpoints and perspectives. There is no place in our firm or our profession for bias or inequity, and we’re doing the work to drive change.
Open Hand Studio
Open Hand Studio
Transformative design should be within reach for all individuals and communities. That belief led to the creation of Open Hand Studio more than 15 years ago, our public interest design arm. Guided by a deep commitment to social good, it harnesses our expertise in design, research, advocacy and consulting to develop and scale solutions that directly address crucial human needs.
AMP
AMP is our innovation incubator that reshapes the way we work. By amplifying ideas from across our network, we test, refine, empower and deliver novel opportunities that represent strategic advantages for our firm and fuel purposeful change. Any CannonDesign teammate can submit an idea to AMP, and if accepted, can receive the time and resources to explore the idea and potentially bring it to market.
AMP
AMP is our innovation incubator that reshapes the way we work. By amplifying ideas from across our network, we test, refine, empower and deliver novel opportunities that represent strategic advantages for our firm and fuel purposeful change. Any CannonDesign teammate can submit an idea to AMP, and if accepted, can receive the time and resources to explore the idea and potentially bring it to market.
Inclusive Partner Program
Inclusive Partner Program
Our Inclusive Partner Program strengthens connections with small businesses through collaboration, professional development and knowledge sharing, culminating in the 12-week CannonDesign Collective — an interactive experience that builds lasting relationships and drives mutual growth.
Our SFMO teams
Our Single-Firm, Multi-Office (SFMO) platform is an unrivaled approach to building perfectly calibrated teams for each of our clients. With each project, we unite an optimized group of design leaders, subject matter experts, consultants and beyond, unfettered by geography. This isn’t a bonus. It’s how we work. No matter where you meet us, we bring the best to you.
Learn about how our designers, science leaders, lighting design teammates and many others helped Johns Hopkins University create a lab building for a new generation of scientists.
