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Catapult Design is a nonprofit social impact design agency.

With our global network of design partners, we design, test, and engineer human-centered solutions that improve the lives of those who need them most.

05/06/2026

Navigating change in design? It’s complex, unpredictable—and necessary.

We’ve built something to help you move through uncertainty with clarity. Have you experienced challenges when it comes to managing complexity in design? Let’s talk.

07/11/2025

We're honored to receive an Honorable Mention in the 2024 Core77 Design Awards for our project Beyond One Size Fits All: Designing the Future of Non-Hormonal Contraceptives for Women.

Congratulations to all honorees! Thank you to the Core77 team for lifting up efforts that redefine what good design looks like, and who it serves.

Explore the full gallery of recognized work:

🔗 https://core77designawards.awardsplatform.com/gallery

07/01/2025

Too many public health interventions fall short—not because the science is wrong, but because real lives get left out of the equation.

Top-down solutions and siloed research can’t fully reflect the complexity of people’s lived experiences, especially when it comes to women’s health.

We asked: What if research were faster, deeper, and more connected to communities?

Introducing Design Labs—a scalable, mixed-methods approach that turns lived experience into real-time insight.

We’ve piloted this model through our Gender Equality Design Labs, supported by the Gates Foundation, working directly with panels of women in priority geographies.

Together with our partners Co-Creation Hub, Derz Consulting, DODO Design, Open Knowledge Framework, Paukwa House, and YUX Design, we’re making research more transparent, insights more actionable, and feedback loops more inclusive, keeping communities at the heart of every solution.

Click to learn more! https://catapultdesign.org/design-labs-a-scalable-mixed-methods-approach-to-global-challenges/

05/30/2025

We’re thrilled to welcome two brilliant collaborators from Derz Consulting to the Catapult Design community: Emnet Woubishet Teklu and Edlawit Hirpa Urga!

Emnet brings over eight years of experience in design and innovation, with five focused on human-centered design. Her work spans youth sexual and reproductive health, maternal health, and entrepreneurship. Whether she’s guiding prototyping or building capacity, Emnet leads with curiosity, compassion, and a commitment to shared learning.

Edlawit is a strategist and systems thinker whose journey began at Ethiopia’s Agricultural Transformation Agency. Her work, from education reform to inclusive strategy design, reflects a deep understanding of community-rooted solutions. She blends qualitative insight with a sharp eye for data—always centering lived realities in the design process.

We’re lucky to collaborate with these two leaders as we continue to scale inclusive, community-driven design around the world.

05/21/2025

We’ve heard such thoughtful feedback from our last newsletter, and it means a lot to know it’s resonating. Angela’s "Notes from the CEO" are often unfiltered and personal—and the last one was no exception.

At Catapult Design, we believe design is at its best when it’s shaped by the voices, experiences, and brilliance of communities themselves. Our newsletter is one of the most personal ways we share how we partner with communities to co-create bold, inclusive solutions.

What can you expect?

– Honest reflections from our CEO Angela Hariche on leadership and culture
– Project insights—from contraceptive research in Kenya to climate resilience and indigenizing design
– Team stories that highlight learning, creativity, and care in action

Sign up today at catapultdesign.org. Let’s keep reimagining what’s possible, together.

05/05/2025

In early March, we marked a powerful milestone with our partners at the Gates Foundation’s Gender Equality Division—the launch of the Gender Equality Design Labs Data Platform!

This two-part platform connects the dots between research hypotheses and the real stories of women across Kenya, Nigeria, and Senegal. Through quotes, images, audio, and data collected directly from participants, this tool allows users to explore, engage with, and truly listen to the lived experiences of women shaping the future of gender equity.

It’s more than just a data tool. It’s a living archive of insight—bridging the gap between systems-level decisions and everyday realities.

04/30/2025

Designing together is more than just ideas—it’s about trust, tension, and transformation.

The best work happens when we hold space for each other’s perspectives and lean into the complexity.

How do you approach collaboration in design? Drop your thoughts below. 👇

04/22/2025

In our recent Beyond One Size Fits All project, we leaned on the wisdom and clarity of Pathways and their powerful segmentation model to better understand the nuances shaping women’s health experiences.

Pathways’ behavioral/psychographic segmentation helps uncover how social, economic, cultural, and environmental factors influence vulnerability to poor health outcomes. This approach was key to helping us design with communities across Kenya, Nigeria, and Senegal.

Now, with segmentation data expanding across the globe, and the upcoming (Community of Practice) launching soon, there's even more opportunity to build shared learning and action across borders.

We’re honored to stand alongside Pathways and many others committed to more inclusive, informed, and equitable health data.

🧭 Learn more + join the CoP: https://lnkd.in/eGmJ83fp
🔍 Dive into the segmentation approach: https://wayforward.projectpathways.org/materialsresources

04/18/2025

We’re happy to celebrate one of the powerhouses behind our storytelling and strategy—Marketing Director Alissa Paik!

Alissa joined Catapult in 2024, bringing over a decade of marketing expertise and a heart deeply committed to advocacy. She has led her own marketing agency for 10 years and has taught communication strategy at the University of Evansville.

Alissa’s leadership is helping us shape narratives that reflect the nuance, depth, and dignity of this important work and the communities we serve.

As our quarterly Core Values Award recipient, we are grateful for the vision and heart she brings to the Catapult family! 💛

04/11/2025

If the community isn’t part of the design process, we’re not problem solving—we’re assuming. Ideas should come from those living the challenge every day. Their perspectives help us reframe the problem and uncover new opportunities for co-creation.

If they’re not at the table—what are we really building?

04/08/2025

At Catapult Design, our partnerships mean creating solutions that are deeply rooted in the communities we serve.

Our collaboration with Ooloi Labs has been powerful. Together, we've tackled multiple projects that rely on their expertise in customizing their product the Open Knowledge Framework to collect, manage and analyze qualitative data. Their product empowers researchers to extract meaningful insights from intricate datasets—critical for addressing nuanced, community-specific challenges.

Our collaboration feels seamless—we're truly one team. They consistently show up ready to engage in everything from discussing deep philosophical questions and troubleshooting tech to brainstorming on deliverables. We're currently exploring AI to help us bring more features and data sets to deepen our reach. Discover more at openknowledgeframework.in.

It's partnerships like this that help Catapult Design build lasting impact grounded in local knowledge and global cooperation.

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