This Is Jess.

Jess founded Darte Design, the studio behind the Core Design DNA approach, the i3 SIVS program, and the work you’ll find on the Work page — engagements with Amnesty International, MIT’s J-WEL initiative, and MIT’s Office of the President, among others. She’s Darte’s Principal Design Thinking Specialist.

Jess believes everyone is born thinking like a designer — she just helps you shake off the dust and stretch back into it.

“Jessica Artiles knows it well: Design is Power.”darte.design — Our Story

“Transforming our Communities through Care and Conviction.”darte.design — mission statement

Jess’s Design-Empowered Leadership models use a Π-based (two-pronged) approach — at once analytical and creative; at once logical and intuitive — integrating ancient technologies like breathwork and kundalini activations to leverage intuition in the workplace.

Jess completed a Master’s Thesis at MIT combining systems engineering with ancient technologies.

She’s also the founder of the MIT OpenMind::OpenArt gallery — the same project documented as OpenMind :: OpenArt Gallery on the Work page.

During her Master’s Thesis, Jess invented The DesignShop — the same format documented as DesignShop Transformations on the Work page.

“A process to shorten the time by which someone begins to think and problem-solve like a designer.”darte.design — Our Story

Jess has traveled to 12 countries spreading design thinking to organizations of all scales:

• USA
• China
• Hong Kong
• Taiwan
• Indonesia (Bali)
• Nicaragua
• Brazil
• India
• Colombia
• El Salvador
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Spain (Barcelona)

She was an invited speaker at TEDx Praça do Santos in March 2016, presenting “The Art of Y: Big Learning through Big Data.”

• Named one of Boston’s Latino 30 Under 30, recognized as a “Most Influential Leader.”
• Fellow at the Royal Society of Arts.
• Holds Reiki Healing and Kundalini Yoga Teaching certifications.