The best ideas live between what is likely and what is possible.
Big Dreams is a strategic design studio that helps teams align around bold ideas, explore complex challenges, and turn vision into momentum.
Turning Uncertainty Into Action
Envisioning Information Services
Fostering Cultural Exchange
Imagining Ocean Futures
Innovating Sustainable Industries
Personalizing Flight Experience
Optimizing Energy Intelligence
UTILIDATA
Communicating Ocean Power
PANTHALASSA
Commercializing Fusion Energy
XCIMER ENERGY
APPROACH
Experience is one of the most powerful tools for sense-making, alignment, and change.
Bring Stories to Life
Craft layered narratives that connect people to complex ideas—clearly, meaningfully, and emotionally.
Break Free from the Screen
Create interactive, real-world moments that immerse audiences and spark curiosity.
Simplify Systemic Challenges
Translate technological or systemic complexity into human-centered experiences that deepen understanding.
Make it Stick
Design for resonance—leaving emotional, intellectual, and strategic impact.
CLIENTS
We work with visionaries, underdogs, and trailblazers to create experiences, narratives, and systems that scale—advancing initiatives that matter for people and the planet.
Our studio moves fast and flexibly, collaborating with founders, leaders, and internal teams across sectors and scales.
Media & Entertainment: BBC, Google, Discovery Channel, Disney, Twitter, YouTube Agencies: 2x4, ARUP, B-Reel, Buro Happold, Gensler, McCann, OMD, Snohetta, The Secret Little Agency, Widen & Kennedy, Zeus Jones Corporations: ACT, Adidas, Amica, Blue Dot, Carrier, Hasbro, Hewlett Packard, Ikea, Lego, Mozilla, Nike, Nokia, Philips, Pratt and Whitney, Rockwell Collins, S7 Airlines, Salesforce, Samsung, Target, The Moonshot Factory, Toyota, Tyco, TomTom, United Technologies Research Center, Vista Equity Partners Cultural Institutions: Biomuseo, California Academy of Science, Cooper Hewitt, Detroit Institute of Art, DeYoung Museum, Nasjonalmussett, Providence Children’s Museum, Science Museum London, Smithsonian, Sydney Opera House, Van Gogh Museum, Victoria & Albert Museum, Wellcome Collection Educational: Bank Street College of Education, Bates College, Beloit College, Bowdoin College, Brown University, Bryn Mawr College, California College of the Arts, Columbia University, Emory and Henry College, Episcopal Academy, Fordham University, Gonzaga University, Hampshire College, Haskins, Hofstra University, Hotchkiss School, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Knox College, MassArt, Meredith College, Miss Porter School, MIT, Parson School of Design, Rhode Island School of Design, Roger Williams University, San Francisco Art Institute, Simmons Rock, Springfield College, St. Joseph's College, Stanford University, Trinity College, University of Vermont Government, Public Sector, Non-Profits: Dubai Future Foundation, Expo 2020, Facing History and Ourselves, Hudson River Estuarium, Iowa EdTech Collaborative, Prime Minister’s Office (Dubai), PROMTUR Panamá, RI Foundation, RI Humanities, Rhode Island Commerce, Singapore Economic Development Board, Slater Center, The Steel Yard, URI Research, Watson Foundation, World Economic Forum Healthcare: Boston Children’s Hospital, Humana, Intarcia, Lurie Children’s Hospital, Novartis, Ximedica