We create experiences that move people.
Human-Centered Design, a process that builds deep empathy and understanding for your audiences’ needs and wants so that you can have success during the moments that matter, build momentum, and ultimately have bigger impact in the arenas that will move your mission forward.
A trusted process that makes real impact in real lives.
learn
Every project starts by taking time to listen and learn. Whether it’s through a series of conversations or conducting a fresh set of research, we carve out space to understand and empathize before we jump into ideation.
Strategize
Guided by stakeholder needs and want, we tap into insights and chart a course for unearthing more relevant, inspiring ideas and decisions.
ACTIVATE
Ideas are brought to life by crafting smart, simple, and spirited objects and interactions. The results are thoughtful, thorough outcomes that leave a lasting impression.
“Olio is a design studio with a philosophy that is not limited to visual aesthetics, but one that’s rooted in empathy. They think holistically and comprehensively about the challenge they’re tasked with, operating as problem solvers, taking the time to deeply explore and understand their audience, end user, and even their client before jumping to solutions or final products. This makes olio an outstanding collaborator and a truly human-centered partner.”
—Teresa Mozur, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Our Services
Strategic advising
During moments of inflection, Olio leverages Human-Centered insights and ideas to explore paths forward and ground decision-making. Strategic advising allows you to tap into Olio’s principal at critical junctures for fractional leadership, internal capacity building, or strategic planning participation.
Service design
Products and services that are grounded in Human-Centered Design leverage empathy to remove barriers and increase adoption. When we allow audiences’ experiences to drive innovation, we are able to evolve the content, presentation, form, and function of our offerings to be more inclusive and intuitive. These optimized experiences lead to improved outcomes.
Brand strategy
Brand strategy is all about showing up in a way adds value and meaning to people’s lives. It starts with a strong internal mission and vision, and results in an evolving set of external touch points that authentically express who you are and why people should care. Together these pieces tell a cohesive, compelling story that builds trust and awareness for your brand.
Community engagement
Strategically designed, intentional experiences are a critical method for engaging and activating communities. Olio uses audience insights to design relevant, resonant interactions that build awareness and strengthen ties between you and your community. Our goal? A community of informed, inspired advocates that take your mission and make it their own.