Fast Company Names CannonDesign #1 Workplace for Innovators in U.S.
Date Posted: September 24, 2024
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CannonDesign is proud to be recognized by Fast Company as one of the Best Workplaces for Innovators. CannonDesign earned a spot on the overall list and secured the #1 ranking in the Best Workplaces for Innovators in the United States category.
Each year, the Best Workplaces for Innovators list celebrates company cultures that empower employees at all levels to improve processes, create new products or invent new ways of doing business. It is a deeply regarded guide to professional ecosystems where innovators can thrive.
Over the years, CannonDesign has redefined what it means to be a design firm, creating lasting positive impact within the built environment and far beyond.
Innovation and creative thinking are engrained in the firms DNA and daily work. There are numerous examples of how this culture of innovation manifests itself across the company, including:
- CannonDesign collaborates with top healthcare, research, education, and commercial leaders to design visionary environments that don’t just serve the present, but actively create future states where all people can flourish.
- The firm conceived and activated Living-Centered Design, a novel design process that better impacts people, business, community, planet and society in parallel. Living-Centered Design is supported by the firms dynamic Ambitions that make their aspirations as a firm convergent and clear.
- Their in-house incubator, Amp, is a launchpad for breakthrough ideas. From developing cutting-edge software to creating a children’s book that inspires the next generation, Amp brings visionary ideas to life, further advancing the industries CannonDesign serves.
- Open Hand Studio, CannonDesign’s public interest design arm, is dedicated to creating transformative solutions that address crucial human needs. Through partnerships with nonprofits and cause-driven organizations, it uses design to advance social good in areas like education, health, and equity on a local, regional and global scale. The firm has ongoing projects helping reshape access to education, black maternal health, healthcare in Ukraine and more.
- CannonDesign offers an entire research platform focused on client engagement and measurably advancing Living-Centered Design across the firm and in their clients’ worlds.
- CannonDesign at the forefront of sustainable design strategies, helping clients consistently achieve an average 54% energy reduction from industry benchmarks. They have an extensive portfolio of net-zero energy, all electric, mass timber and WELL building projects.
- Firm leaders spearheaded the creation of a coalition uniting top design firms across the country to proactively disrupt the industry from within, rather than letting external forces do so. Today, they continue to lead the charge in driving innovation and pushing the entire design profession forward.
- Through Living-Centered Design and our culture of innovation, CannonDesign has become a new type of design company, one that exists at the nexus of strategy, experience, architecture, engineering and social impact.
CannonDesign is thrilled to be recognized by Fast Company as a Best Workplace for Innovators and look forward to continuing to build on their innovation ecosystem.
See the full Best Workplaces for Innovators list.