PROFILE

AE Design is an art and design studio founded in 2011.

The studio’s practice focuses on art + fabrication, design + landscape, research + urbanism, slow technology + social impact, and climate finance + ecological regeneration. We are a multi-disciplinary international collective of designers, artists, technologists, ecologists, and economists, pulling the threads of ecological regeneration, human wellness, and global coordination. This is a feminine design response to climate catastrophe.

STUDIO

Landscape Architecture ◦ Site analysis + planning ◦ Site + landscape design ◦ Master Planning ◦ Program analysis + development ◦ Ecological restoration ◦ Regional Planning ◦ Environmental + land use planning ◦ Feasibility studies ◦ Open space plans ◦ Community planning + facilitation ◦ Research ◦ Experimental design ◦ Adaptive land management programs ◦ Public outreach + presentation ◦ Grant + technical writing ◦ Living Building Challenge ◦ Sustainability ◦ Decarbonization strategies   ◦ Risk assessments  ◦ Energy transition  ◦ Climate risk, adaptation + resilience  ◦ Sustainability strategy  ◦ Food systems and security  ◦ Climate innovation, technology + growth ◦ Change management ◦ Finance for Nature ◦ Funding strategies ◦ Climate Finance + investment ◦ Nature-based solutions ◦ Nature-based currencies ◦ Voluntary market + registries ◦ Biodiversity credit design ◦ Natural capital assessment ◦ Go-to-market asset strategies ◦ Bioregional financing facilities ◦ Ecological institutions ◦ Methodology + protocol development ◦ Brand ◦ Brand strategy ◦ Brand architecture ◦ Digital strategy ◦ Brand identity ◦ Logo design ◦ Product Development ◦ Concepting ◦ UX/UI ◦ dApp design ◦ Research ◦ Product strategy ◦ Organizational Design ◦ Organizational development ◦ Policies + procedures ◦ Process flow design + iteration ◦ Project management system design

CLIENTS + COLLABORATORS

Hilltop Urban Farm ◦ US Department of Housing + Urban Development ◦ Hilltop Alliance ◦ Sota Construction ◦ Common Ground ◦ InSiteDesign ◦ Grow Pittsburgh ◦ Penn State Extension ◦ Allegheny County ◦ Allegheny Land Trust ◦ City of Pittsburgh ◦ Urban Redevelopment Authority of the City of Pittsburgh ◦ Planet ◦ Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh ◦ The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation ◦ American Chestnut Foundation ◦ Allegheny County Conservation District ◦ Penn State University College of Agriculture ◦ PA American Water ◦ Henry L Hillman Foundation ◦ PNC Foundation ◦ Colcom Foundation ◦ Allegheny Foundation ◦ The Heinz Endownments ◦ Green Mountain Energy Sun Club ◦ Pittsburgh Foundation ◦ Grable Foundation ◦ EQT Foundation ◦ The Forbes Fund ◦ World Economic Forum ◦ American Eagle Outfitters Foundation ◦ Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture ◦ Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy ◦ Friends of South Side Park ◦ Allegheny Goatscape ◦ Studio Bryan Hanes ◦ Brean Associates ◦ Student Conservation Association ◦ Landforce ◦ Pittsburgh Water + Sewer Authority ◦ GTECH ◦ CitiParks ◦ Pfaffman + Associates ◦ ALCOSAN ◦ Saw Mill Run Watershed Association ◦ National Recreation + Park Association ◦ American Planning Association ◦ Neighborhood Allies ◦ Colcom Foundation ◦ Lower East Side Girls Club ◦ Museum of Modern Art ◦ Earthbanc ◦ Open Earth Foundation ◦ Techstars ◦ Beats Antique ◦ Inter-American Development Bank ◦ Climate Collective ◦ City Forest Credits ◦ VERRA ◦ The Lexicon ◦ US Department of Agriculture ◦ Microsoft ◦ Sotheby’s ◦ Rockefeller Foundation ◦ Emerging Leaders in Food + Ag ◦ Pittsburgh Food Policy Council ◦ Confluence Capital ◦ Greenpill ◦ SOCAP Global ◦ Woodwell Climate Research Center ◦ Jefferson Center for Holistic Management ◦ Phillips Conservatory ◦ Indiana University Bloomington ◦ Florida Earth Skills Gathering ◦ Natural Resource Conservation Service ◦ Interchain Foundation ◦ Jack Johnson Foundation ◦ American Red Cross ◦ Greenpeace ◦ Calm Tech Institute ◦ DAODAO