ENTITY design studio

a creative engineering consultancy driving sustainability forward

is a creative engineering consultancy evolving systems for the health of Earth and its inhabitants

We help companies, non-profits, & governments evolve their products & strategies in response to a rapidly changing world.

What we offer

Think of us as a special ops team here to do the good work.

We call people, ecosystems, and stakeholders into an inclusive and iterative process to make sure our solutions serve all, now and into the future.

CIRCULAR
PRODUCT DESIGN

Innovating supply chains,
low carbon materials &, biomimicry to mitigate & adapt, and make it look good.

NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS

Plants for disaster prevention, happiness, traditional ecological knowledge, urban & interior greening

ART ACTIVATION & COMMUNICATIONS

Art returns us to our humanity. We develop compelling experiences and spaces with experimental media.

POLICY & ADVOCACY WORK

We are an equity focused org aiding movements ground up & top down to change the way things are done.

WHY?

Here's the deal: we're on a sinking ship. we must work together to change our trajectory . Here's the deal: we're on a sinking ship. we must work together to change our trajectory . Here's the deal: we're on a sinking ship. we must work together to change our trajectory . Here's the deal: we're on a sinking ship. we must work together to change our trajectory .

Our planetary and public health are interconnected.

Centuries of exploitation and unmitigated pollution have caught up to us all,

Disrupting the delicate balance of life on our precious home, Earth.

what we've done

NEBULATE; ON THE INTEGRATION OF PLASTIC INTO OUR BIOLOGIES

Art Direction for a Site Specific Art Installation, The Anderson Collection

DOUGHNUT ECONOMICS: REGENERATING AUCKLAND CITY

A WEF Global Shapers project incubated & awarded 10K grant by the Climate Reality Project

USER TESTING NEW AGE AIR POLLUTION WEARABLES

Fielding opinions for solarpunk aesthetics & functionality, + industrial design for V2 device

DISSONANT FUTURES - A CLIMATE GRIEF ART COLLECTIVE

Brand & web for a UK govt-funded immersive Arts collective creating spaces to grieve ecocide

PRO CLIMATE INTERVENTIONS FOR WATER RESERVOIR, SEQUIM, WA

Inclusive scoping + analysis for hydroelectric, floating photovoltaics, & bio-filtration capabilities

PIONEERING PLASTICS INNOVATION FOR GLOBAL COSMETICS CO.

Sustainable metrics and supply chain analysis of plastic and bioplastic resins for sustainable beauty

PVC BANNER WASTE STREAM REFORM FOR VERTIVER, NEW DELHI

Waste flow mapping & marketplace app, plus phase-out treaties for material producers

CAN NIMBYISM PREVENT WIND FARMS FROM STARTING?

Developing analytical tools to study wind farm projects’ odds of success across failure modes

NATURE AS TEACHER, SOURCE, & EXPERIMENTAL LAB

Agricultural courses, tours, & structures built using Traditional Ecological Knowledge @Stanford Farm

WHO WE ARE

We are a collective of creatives, engineers, and environmental scientists radically collaborating to transmute this century’s instability into a solarpunk future, one system at a time.

Core Team

Dion Brandt-Sims

Chief thoroughness officer

A spatial thinker with a kinetic body and spirit. A restless dreamer that seeks to challenge our understanding of the power we hold. Dion possesses a divine affinity for strategic solutions that revere form and respect simplicity. During his time at Stanford and since, he has polished his craft for well-considered organization of systems that meet people where they are.

Kaixi Yang

CHIEF EMERGENCE OFFICER

As a being that radiates possibility, Kaixi hopes to make meaningful reinventions to our material & cultural landscapes to alter our trajectory for global survival. As a prolific artist, Stanford Product Design engineer, & WEF Global Shaper, her practice is deep & far ranging; discovering how the needs of self, society, and ecospheres can all harmonise.

Grey Assa

CHIEF ORGANISM OFFICER

An earth systems graduate student at Stanford, concentrating in sustainability science and systems design. As an environmental consultant, Grey has expertise in operations, environmental policy, and LCA frameworks. He believes that we produce our best work from our internal wellbeing and strives to design systems that allow flourishing.

cast of contributors

Joule Munic

EARTHCRAFTER; POLYMATH & INVENTOR

Turns matter into things helpful for life. Inspired by life forms to re-engineer the fragile infrastructures we depend upon. Prolific maker & open sourcer.

Harrison Lin

MANUFACTURING & EMPATHY WIZARD

Previously @ Carbon3D & Apple. Mechanical Engineer, sculptor, inventor, wood-working teacher, barista, Stanford MSc Design Impact

Wendy Trattner

CLEAN TECH
HARDWARE DESIGNER

MIT mechanical engineer, with development & testing across solar, electric vehicles, heating & cooling, food waste. Avid painter.

Olivia Tai

ECOPSYCHOLOGIST, ARTIST & IMPACT ANALYST

Previously @ 50 Years VC and explored global reforestation at Terraformation. Harvard BA Psychology, Energy & Environment.

Popcorn Innovation

STRATEGIC PARTNER IN NEW ZEALAND

Hardware development agency with projects on climate, environmental impact, recycled & biomaterials & working towards SDG goals.