We are on a mission.

To shape a better future for communities through design.

Along the way, we are changing how people collaborate on the complex challenges facing modern society.

This results in a renewed focus on creating meaningful human experiences for products, services and places which seamlessly integrate our physical and digital worlds.

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With technology flooding into our physical spaces and digital information becoming more pervasive than ever, we see an opportunity.

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Our Vision

As the boundaries between the physical and digital worlds blur, people’s expectations of life, work, and play are being redefined.

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We believe that to create truly ‘connected’ experiences requires a fundamental change in how we practice design.

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So, we are ushering in a new integrated design approach to creating meaningful products and services emerging in our environments.

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One that designs consumer journeys with an understanding that technology is only a piece of the puzzle. And that it can no longer be simply a screen. It is an approach that recognizes that the designers of tomorrow’s experiences cannot be siloed. It requires true multidisciplinary collaboration between researchers, developers, urban planners, architects, experience designers, and technologists.

As the boundaries between the physical and digital worlds blur, people’s expectations of life, work, and play are being redefined.

Illustration of people wrapped in augmented-reality displays walking in a crosswalk

We believe that to create truly ‘connected’ experiences requires a fundamental change in how we practice design.

Illustration of woman looking at buidings as they were in history through the use of a futuristic display

So, we are ushering in a new integrated design approach to creating meaningful products and services emerging in our environments.

Illustration of people collaborating on an interactive display table with layered displays

One that designs consumer journeys with an understanding that technology is only a piece of the puzzle. And that it can no longer be simply a screen. It is an approach that recognizes that the designers of tomorrow’s experiences cannot be siloed. It requires true multidisciplinary collaboration between researchers, developers, urban planners, architects, experience designers, and technologists.

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We are a design firm that looks at the complete story.

Bringing Change Through Design

Experience Strategy

Asking the big questions

We are strong believers in the power that a question brings. Before we think about solutions, it is important to ask questions. Sometimes, a lot of them. We help businesses, organizations, and communities ask the right kind of questions that will define strategic direction and vision for their projects. This includes research, ideation, and concept visioning.

  • Research and Insights
  • Experience + Brand Strategy
  • Design Visioning & Storytelling
  • Customer / User Journey Mapping
  • Design Ideation
  • Organizational Training + Design

Experience Design

Making the vision tangible

Out of strategy might come a number of design projects that manifest both digital and physical challenges. Amplified’s unique vision-driven, human-informed design process helps our clients deliver experiences that awe their customers.

  • Customer Experience Design
  • Product Design
  • Service Design
  • Architecture and Placemaking

Product Creation

Transitioning from thinking into making

This is where the proverbial rubber-meets-the-road. Our makers use their expert skills and, perhaps a little magic, to create the possibilities outlined during the strategy and design phases. Even at this stage, we demand fearless tinkering.

  • Technology Strategy
  • Installations and Prototyping
    (Physical and Digital)
  • Software Development
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Amplified By Design

Amplified is an experience design and technology innovation firm with a studio in Portland, OR. We create products, services, and environments that empower, enrich, and inspire people and their communities. Our work is grounded by a deep understanding of humanity.

We gather the research, yes. We tinker, and evaluate, and tinker, and evaluate. But along the way, we never stop listening to the things people aren’t telling us.

And we’re unafraid to aim high.

Because to create products, services, and places that don’t merely satisfy but delight, takes more than just applying design methods — it takes vision.

At Amplified, we help our clients imagine the unimaginable.

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