Let’s talk

I’m always open to meeting others with a shared interest in design, art, technology, play, or something exciting that I don’t yet know about. Please no sales pitches.

Chris Riggs
Bay Area, CA

my work

I build creative teams that are invaluable to organizations. I craft immersive environments, events, brand strategies, visual narratives, learning tools, interactive experiences, products, campaigns, films, animations, identities, design systems, and a wide array of memorable brand expressions. I've partnered with some of the world’s most iconic brands, including Activision/Blizzard, Ancestry.com, Bloomberg, Cisco, Deloitte, ebay, The Exploratorium, Google, Hyatt, IBM, Kaiser Permanente, Kohl’s, Meta, Mozilla, Nike, Starbucks, and Virgin America.

Notable experience

Cisco Collaboration (enterprise SaaS), SYPartners (design & strategy consulting), IDEO (design & innovation), Celery Design Collaborative (sustainability-oriented design), Michael Osborne Design (full service creative), as well as teaching positions with the Academy of Art University and California College of the Arts.

Areas of interest

Yes, yes. AI. I’m deeply immersed in building new capabilities and processes that leverage generative AI’s mojo. I recently led a high stakes, high-visibility initiative to envision and prototype an AI-first vision for Cisco’s Collaboration product organization.

I’m passionate about working with organizations that have meaningful impact in our personal and work lives, our health, creative capacity, and our connection to the natural environment. New frontiers of technology, science, the arts, culture, and consumer products that contribute something meaningful to the world are all of interest to me.

In the early aughts, I completed my master’s thesis entitled Aqua. Aqua is an immersive experience and campaign intended to heighten awareness and action around the interconnectedness of people with the world’s precious and fragile oceans.

Collaborative design artifact
Team visioning summit

Great teams see, believe, and act on a shared ethos that’s deeply connected to organizational purpose & strategy, and supported by thoughtful rituals.