Fast Company names CannonDesign #1 workplace for innovators in U.S.

Each year, the Best Workplaces for Innovators list celebrates company cultures that empower employees at all levels to improve processes, create new products or invent new ways of doing business. It is a deeply regarded guide to professional ecosystems where innovators can thrive.

Over the years, CannonDesign has redefined what it means to be a design firm, creating lasting positive impact within the built environment and far beyond.

Innovation and creative thinking are engrained in our DNA and daily work. There are numerous examples of how this culture of innovation manifests itself across our company, including:

• We collaborate with top healthcare, research, education, and commercial leaders to design visionary environments that don't just serve the present, but actively create future states where all people can flourish.
• We conceived and activated Living-Centered Design, a novel design process that better impacts people, business, community, planet and society in parallel. Living-Centered Design is supported by our dynamic Ambitions that make our aspirations as a firm convergent and clear.
• Our in-house incubator, Amp, is a launchpad for breakthrough ideas. From developing cutting-edge software to creating a children's book that inspires the next generation, Amp brings visionary ideas to life, further advancing the industries we serve.

• Open Hand Studio, our public interest design arm, is dedicated to creating transformative solutions that address crucial human needs. Through partnerships with nonprofits and cause-driven organizations, it uses design to advance social good in areas like education, health, and equity on a local, regional and global scale. We have ongoing projects helping reshape access to education, black maternal health, healthcare in Ukraine and more.
• Our firm offers an entire research platform focused on client engagement and measurably advancing Living-Centered Design across our firm and in our clients' worlds.
• We are at the forefront of sustainable design strategies, helping clients consistently achieve an average 54% energy reduction from industry benchmarks. We have an extensive portfolio of net-zero energy, all electric, mass timber and WELL building projects.
• Our firm leaders spearheaded the creation of a coalition uniting top design firms across the country to proactively disrupt the industry from within, rather than letting external forces do so. Today, we continue to lead the charge in driving innovation and pushing the entire design profession forward.

Through Living-Centered Design and our culture of innovation, we've become a new type of design company, one that exists at the nexus of strategy, experience, architecture, engineering and social impact.

We are thrilled to be recognized by Fast Company as a Best Workplace for Innovators and look forward to continuing to build on our innovation ecosystem.