Helping emerging ideas become real enough for people to act on.
Big Dreams is a design practice working alongside organizations as new technologies, initatives, and opportunities take shape. We help people understand what is emerging, where they belong, and how to move it forward.
Revealing what is Emerging
Immersive Information Architectures
International Participation
Imagining Ocean Futures
Aligning Global Stakeholders
Aligning Complex Organizations
Positioning Intelligence in the Grid
UTILIDATA
Creating an Ocean Infrastructure
PANTHALASSA
Building Credibility for Fusion Energy
XCIMER ENERGY
APPROACH
Every emerging possibility reaches a point where invention is no longer the hardest part.
The challenge becomes helping others understand it, contribute to it, and carry it forward.
That’s where our practice begins.
CLIENTS
We work where new categories are still taking shape.
Alongside founders, scientists, engineers, leaders, and institutions, we help emerging ideas become understandable, participatory, and real enough for people to act on.
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