Weaving bridges for living change.
Consulting services specializing in strategy and design for local governments and public institutions. Services include community engagement, participatory research, workshop design and facilitation, systems and resource mapping, user experience design, presentation design, summary reports, and visual design.
We strive to be part of an environmentally and socially just world, where communities thrive together.
From Inertia to Vision (systems)
Mapping
Narratives
Paradigm Shifts
Systems
Futures
Embodied
Circular over Linear
Protopic over Utopic
From Entrenched Thinking to New Perspectives
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
From Reactive to Proactive (embodied)
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Services
How do we begin to untangle systemic problems?We establish an understanding of the problem at hand by identifying relationships and gaps, building a shared language, and identifying information and material flows. Results are clearly documented in a visual report that shares the depth of the problem and recommended next steps.
strategic designproblem framing
sensemaking
systems mapping
futures thinking
co-designcommunity engagement
participatory research
relationship mapping
adaptive capacity building
Service designbusiness model canvas
user experience design
journey mapping
service prototyping
We strive to be part of an environmentally and socially regenerative world, where communities thrive together.
We believe we must actively bring about the transformation we need in the present we have, while creating emergent pathways towards hopeful futures.
As transition designers, we design and facilitate participatory workshops, embodied visioning, and systems thinking.
OMWBE Description:
Consulting services specializing in strategy and design for local governments and public institutions. Services include community engagement, participatory research, workshop design and facilitation, systems and resource mapping, user experience design, presentation design, summary reports, and visual design.
Services
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Our Clients
About Us
Kamal Patel
he/him
Civic, Visual + Systems Designer
Ashley Worobec
she/her
Visual + Transition Designer
Contact
Interested in working together?
connect@traversal.design
Seattle, Washington
At Traversal we acknowledge that we live and work on the lands of the Coast Salish Peoples, specifically the Duwamish Tribe. In making this acknowledgement, we aim to remind ourselves to continue working towards justice for the original stewards of this land, and pay our respects to past, present, and future Elders.