For Teams, Orgs & Bold Leaders

Design Culture That Feels As Good As It Works

let's make something exceptional

You know the buzzwords—innovation, collaboration, belonging.
But what does it actually take to feel those things inside a team, an organization, a room, or a project?

That's where I come in.

I’m Olivia, and I help organizations design for human connection, creative courage, edge-pushing brilliance, and culture that doesn’t just talk the talk—but lives it, breathes it, and experiments its way forward.

I'm here to help you use Experience Design as a differentiator and a creative catalyst, for whatever you're building.

Whether you’re leading a team, designing experiences, or stewarding culture in your company, I'm here for you. I partner with organizations to bring new thinking, community care, and intentional inspiration to the work you're doing—so your people feel energized, supported, and alchemized to do their best work (and be their full, complex selves while doing it).

In this age of AI, understanding how we human together is more important than ever.

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ways we can work together

💬 Coaching & Consulting

🎤 Speaking & Workshops

✨ Bespoke Projects

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If you want to discuss individual or team packages, or talk through whether working together would be a good fit, book a 20 minute 1-on-1 call.

Or send me an email at [email protected]

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Savannah Kunovsky

Managing Director of Emerging Technology at IDEO

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"Olivia is my go-to thought partner for creating unique experiences.

She is an incredible facilitator and designer, who knows how to tap into the soul of an audience and craft experiences that transcend, inspire, and ground.

With her background in learning design, she's broken down the art of experience design and been a longtime teacher for me in the art of crafting moments people love.

Could not recommend learning with and from Olivia more!"

Ravon Ruffin Feliz

Artist, Cyber Anthropologist, and Facilitator at Citation Studio

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"No matter the format, Olivia creates a space of authentic grounding and connection to oneself and to others.

Olivia is truly able to help folks across disciplines tap into what is human and reimagine inside possibility.

Her work feels like magic."

Melanie Kahl

Innovation Director, Community Weaver, & Educator at Meld Strategy

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"Olivia lives, breathes, and dreams experience.

Beyond crafting containers that liberate and delight, she models a facilitation style that is equal parts bold and soft — inviting others into the magic of an experience.

She toggles between artful experience, rigorous strategy, and masterful tactics. As a facilitator, she jumps in joyfully, and people follow.

Anybody that works with Olivia grows. The sector is lucky to have her wisdom."

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hi, I'm Olivia Vagelos

I'm an an Experience Designer and Community Strategist, and the founder of The Design for Feelings Studio.

Before launching Design for Feelings, I was at IDEO, housed inside their online school, IDEO U, and the Play Lab. While there I helped start both the Experiential Design and Community Design disciplines and define the future of creative online learning. Prior to IDEO, I was designing and facilitating programs at the Stanford Design School and with The Hewlett Foundation.

I've worked with CEOs and community activitists, magicians and marketing directors, and I've had past clients at multi-billion dollar entertainment companies and small community-based non-profits.

Over the years I've taught and lectured at the Stanford d.School, Stanford LEAD, Santa Monica College, Columbia Medical School, and Georgetown.

And I'm here to lend you my divergent, framework-obsessed, eternally curious brain.

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"I’m enamored with building soft spaces for wild, collective imagination.

I nerd out on crafting rituals, connecting strangers, manipulating spacetime, and immersive, multi-sensory experience design.

I hold a strong belief that laughter and beautiful questions build the most extraordinary things.

I see storybuilding as an architectural craft, and I’m constantly seeking ways to be in conversation with land and place.

And I have learned that we should never move so fast that we can't slow down to listen more deeply."

Want to chat?

Drop us an email at

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