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At Oracle, we’re creating the future of work. We’re the #1 provider of business software that empowers entire enterprise organizations to reach new levels of productivity with ease and delight while we fundamentally transform how they transition, grow and manage their technology investments in the cloud at speed and with increased security. Design powered by state-of-the-art technology will be the factor that distinguishes our software from the competition. Join us on our amazing adventure at design.oracle.com
Sketching storyboards. Perfecting pixels. Or testing out our prototypes. One thing’s for sure: Visa Design Studio’s end user is at the heart of everything they do. By taking a human-centered design approach, they stay focused on creating meaningful experiences that meet the needs of the people around them.
Adobe is changing the world through digital experiences. We help our customers create, deliver and optimize content and applications.
At Salesforce UX, we believe that people need business applications that are vibrant, empowering, and simple. We are artists and scientists, working together to make tools that millions of employees at the most successful companies in the world depend on every day.
InVision is the world’s leading design collaboration platform, powering the future of digital product design through our deep understanding of the dynamics of collaboration. They provide over two million people with the power to prototype, review, refine, manage and user test web and mobile products.
Fueled by a fundamental belief that having access to financial services creates opportunity, PayPal is committed to democratizing financial services and empowering people and businesses to join and thrive in the global economy. PayPal’s User Experience community creates meaningful and cohesive end-to-end experiences through a deep understanding of customers and exceptional design, while fostering an atmosphere where strong discovery practices and high-quality content, research and design are expected and celebrated.
We make software for people who make things.
If you’ve ever driven a high-performance car, admired a towering skyscraper, used a smartphone, or watched a great film, chances are you’ve experienced what millions of Autodesk customers are doing with our software. With Autodesk, you have the power to make anything.
Paintzen was created to simplify painting: a process that is traditionally time-consuming and complex. We want to give you back your time and offer you peace of mind by handling the work for you. From color selection to expert, professional paint application, Paintzen handles everything that you or your clients will need for your paint and wallpaper projects. We’re here to guide you on your path to the perfect color for your home because we believe that something as simple as a coat of paint can uncover beauty that already exists within your space.
Lyft’s mission is to improve people’s lives with the world’s best transportation. We are working to reshape cities to be built around people, not cars
PCH is a global company that partners with design-focused brands to create and deliver product solutions at scale from initial concept to the consumer experience.
Set in the heart of the electric downtown, W San Francisco invites you to experience effortless luxury, unique style and our signature Whatever/Whenever® service.
We are Mucho, the global boutique design studio. We create design with meaning from our locations in Barcelona, San Francisco, Paris, and New York.
Samsara is pioneering the world of connected operations— bringing IoT sensors + software to the companies that drive our economy. From transportation and logistics to food production and local government, Samsara enables organizations of all sizes access to previously inaccessible data about their day-to-day fleet operations.
M Moser enables organizational transformation by crafting the physical, digital and cultural environment. Our team, made up of architects, interior designers, and contractors, brings the curiosity of our maker-culture to each project in order to create innovative environments that reveal unexpected potential in the world around us.
Mauk Design specializes in exhibit design and corporate communications, and puts special emphasis on the marketing integration of two and three dimensional images. Mitchell Mauk has won multiple awards from the IDSA, SEGD, AIGA, and was named Exhibit Designer of the Year by Exhibitor Magazine.
VMware is a global leader in cloud infrastructure & digital workspace technology, accelerates digital transformation for evolving IT environments. The VMware Design team builds the future of VMware’s customer and user experience. We solve complex problems working with engineers to craft exceptional experiences.
Organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.” Since the beginning, our goal has been to develop services that significantly improve the lives of as many people as possible. Not just for some. For everyone.
Workday is helping enterprises around the world solve their biggest challenges. Workday UX practices human-centered design, building shared understanding of the user and customer’s identity and needs in order to ensure that Workday is solving the right problems. We contribute to crafting the experience and making it best in class.
Join the UX Design Team!
Fort Point Beer Company is a New American brewery – the product of a thriving American craft beer culture, shaped by deeply San Franciscan values: quality craftsmanship and a spirit of innovation. We create balanced, thoughtful beers that reference traditional styles but are by no means bound to them.
Dezeen, the world’s most popular and influential architecture and design website, with an audience of over two and-a-half million unique visitors each month. Dezeen’s award-winning editorial team publishes a curated daily selection of the best international architecture, interiors and design projects as well as breaking news, incisive features and compelling original video content.
California Home+Design is a multi-platform media brand that covers home, architecture, products, art and lifestyle stories throughout the state of California.
California. We’re endlessly fascinated and inspired by this place—and by our view of the country and the world from here. In October 2014, we launched The California Sunday Magazine, for weekends. We produce ambitious true features and cinematic photography from across California, the West, Asia, and Latin America, for a national audience. We also make a beautifully designed print edition, which we distribute with select Sunday copies of the Los Angeles Times and San Francisco Chronicle or by subscription order.
Pop-Up Magazine, which started in California, is a live magazine — an evening of new, reported stories, photography, film, radio, and music, all mixed together. We create different kinds of shows and experiences, but the typical Pop-Up Magazine show happens on a stage in a big theater, lasts about 100 minutes, and consists of a series of 10-12 short, true stories, accompanied by photos, film, illustration, animation, and live music, followed by a fun after-party.
Casper Labs is dedicated to creating new sleep products. The team combines qualitative insight into the human sleep experience with data-driven sleep science, technology and materials innovation to develop products that measurably improve sleep. The result: innovative and award-winning products improving the quality of sleep.
Retronyms makes powerful tools that enable people to create, share, and engage through creative
technology.
We combine design, engineering, and strategy to bring integrated technology experiences and products to life.
We are curious explorers, makers, and challengers who use design to open doors and perspectives. By combining imagination with technology, we work to inspire culture, grow businesses, and make life simpler for everyone.
Swissnex San Francisco is part of a global network for international collaboration located at Pier 17. We connect people and ideas from Switzerland and North America, and foster exchange between the regions.
Marpi creates work through Marpi Studios. He works with a small network of creative collaborators – designers, technologists, musicians, and others – to create exhibits, events, and other commissions throughout the world.
Monotype empowers creative minds to build and express authentic brands through design, technology and expertise.
Umber Magazine is “the creative thinker’s graphic journal,” an Oakland, California-based printed publication that focuses on creative culture and visual arts from the perspective of Black & Brown people. In every release, our content is curated around a theme with an inspiring group of contributors from across the globe. Umber is more of a coffee table art book than traditional magazine.
Plotnet was founded in 1995 in San Francisco with the idea of providing a full spectrum of high quality printing and plotting services. Larger production houses often fail to offer the high degree of specialization and individual attention the current market demands. We take pride in providing excellent services to our clients. We use the latest equipment to achieve color correct high quality output.
The Creative Group (TCG) provides creative staffing services for at top companies on a project and full-time basis.
Britelite Immersive is a creative technology agency that places people and brands at the center of immersive and interactive experiences. We specialize in tackling complex brand challenges and combining human-centered design and complex technology integrations to do the never-been-done before.
Manual is a design and visual communication studio in SF. Our work strives to uncover the intangible essence of a brand and express it through unique visual solutions. In doing so, we give brands more value and distinction.
Italian cultural center offering language courses, a permanent library & rotating exhibits.
What started as an experiment in emerging technologies and academia, Heavy Projects has gained an international reputation through pioneering artistic projects in MIXED REALITY. Its since transitioned to a platform for creating the world’s best Mixed Reality experiences and enabling other developers to create similarly challenging and inspiring works that bring people together in new ways.
Elephant is an experience design company that works at the intersection of the digital and physical worlds.