Darte [dar-tay] is a trilingual human-centered design studio & consultancy that helps non-designers find and solve the right problem— and we do it creatively, efficiently, and joyfully.

Our hands-on, design-based principles create transformative value-based experiences that ignite innovation, and our consulting and leadership coaching practices give our clients The Power of Design so they don't waste time, money, or resources on ideas that won't work.

So—
Are you solving the right problem?

Featured Portfolio of Work

Combatting Police Brutality with Design Thinking & Leadership Coaching

In partnership with Amnesty International, we capacitated on-the-ground leaders to prototype systems of change and re-strategize their approach to influence and control

Remote design sprints for the finest educators from around the globe

Custom designed for MIT's J-WEL, we discovered new themes around teachers' needs, prototyped our user-created ideas to life, and pushed the limits of international remote collaboration

Products that Transform

Development and enrichment experiences for leaders and their teams of explorers

If the future of MIT had a voice, what would she Say?

Advising MIT President Reif through the language of design

The Education DesignShop, Darte's hallmark design sprint methodology

Transforming novice designers and building leadership capacity through design

Products that matter, insight that sparks innovation

From observation insights to hardware implementation and everywhere in between

Designing the Future of Work

Organizational Re-design, Right-brain leadership, and Trans-disciplinary humans, Oh my!

Building Community and Capacity around the globe

Design Residencies from Santa Monica to Taiwan, from Rio de Janeiro to Beijing

The OpenMind::OpenArt Gallery

An Award-winning Studio on the Future of Mental Health & Wellness

Organizational Transformation from the Inside Out

The power of sparking innovation through engagement and authenticity

Selected Clients we've Played with

Locally

- The Office of the President of MIT

- The Credit Suisse Group

- EXPLOStudio

- Koru Strategy

- MIT Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab

- The MIT Edgerton Center

- Beyond the Agency

- OpenMind::OpenArt Gallery

- The MIT Teaching Systems Lab

- Seven Arrows Academy

-Meadowbrook K-8 School of Weston

- Greater Lawrence Technical School

- Boston Society of Architects

Internationally

- Amnesty International

- Moonshot Academy, Beijing

- Catalyst Education Lab, Hong Kong

- Mingdao High School, Taiwan

- Mujeres Solares, Nicaragua
- Estácio de Sá, Rio de Janeiro

- KLE Technological University, India

- Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar, Colombia

- TEDx, Brasil, Praça do Santos

WHAT PEOPLE SAY

“Jessica is an inspiring and transformative leader in the realm of Design Thinking. Not only does she provoke curiosity, encourages you to challenge the status quo, she creates an environment with her enthusiasm and passion to reimagine the way we work with a high energy, engaging and enthusiastic approach to facilitation. I learnt so much from her workshop it has enabled me to completely reinvent how I drive outcomes in my business environment and ensure that Design Thinking and engaging our Users is at the foundation of all that we do.”

IGNITE INNOVATION.

Featured Portfolio of Work

Selected Clients we've Played with

Locally

Internationally

WHAT PEOPLE SAY

— Jennifer Hewit,

Head of Cognitive and Digital Services,

Major Global Finance Organization