what we do


The CommonWise team has worked across virtually every industry and sector, locally, regionally, nationally and globally, imagining futures, creating and launching new businesses, initiatives, divisions and products, mobilizing stakeholders and customers, supporting sustainability and social innovation, accelerating growth, creating and reinvigorating identities, supporting entrepreneurs, developing learning experiences, events, training current and future leaders.

corporate


ABC Carpet & Home

Adobe

Al Foah Company

American Express

Apple Computer

Arnhold Institute for Global Health 

Banorte

Banta Corporation

Bauer Corporation

Bayer Corporation

Beacon Street Girls

Buffalo Niagara Medical Center

Caterpillar

Cemex

Chelsea Clock

Converse

Creative Edge Parties

Discovery Networks International

Ecovative

Electra

Elle Magazine

ESPN Zone

Ford Motor Company

Gap

Genesis Eldercare International

Gianluca Isaia

Godiva

Golden Books

Hachette Filipacchi

Hearst Publishing

Helikon

Herman Miller

Historic Hudson Cruises

Keds

Kodak Professional

L’Oréal

LouisBoston

Marriott International

MeadWestvaco

Medtronic

Microsoft

Mohawk Paper

NewPage

New York Blood Center

Nike Foundation

Origin Materials (Micromidas)

Pfizer

Plum Organics

Q2

Reebok

Reed & Barton

Renaissance Hotels

Sappi

Seagrams

Seventh Generation

Sheraton Corporation

Sigma Q

Sperry Topsider

Star Market

StoraEnso

StrideRite

ToysRUs

Viridi

Verizon

Waterworks

Weebok

philanthropy


Arthur M. Blank Foundation

Ford Foundation 

Heron Foundation

Lumina Foundation

Mulago Foundation

nonprofit


AIGA

Allison Rockefeller

American Cancer Society

American Film Institute

Audubon 

Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship

British Museum

Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership

Central Park Conservancy

Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education

Concern Worldwide

Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum

D-Rev; Design for the other 90%

Girl Scouts of America

The Graduate! Network

International Center of Photography

Joyful Heart Foundation

PopTech

Rhythm & Blues Foundation

SafeHorizon

Uncommon Table

Wings World Quest

World Wildlife Fund US

World Wildlife Fund Int.

education


Babson College 

Carnegie Mellon University

Centro Diseño, Cine y Televisión

China Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), Beijing

MFA Design for Social Innovation, SVA

MS Innovation and Venture Development, ASU

Hunan Normal University, Changsha

InnovationSpace ASU

International Design School for Advanced Studies (IDAS), Seoul

Moore International School of Business, University of South Carolina

Tongi University, Shanghai

University de San Fransisco, Quito

Tsinghua University, Beijing

programs and events


Design + Health, The MeasureD Symposium 

Future of Design Education

Harlem First

Ideas that Matter, Sappi

Putting It All On the Table

let’s discover the possible future.