a design studio guided by curiosity, creativity, and care—values that we believe elevate creative expression and learning in everyday life.
Froghouse
partners
we collaborate with our partners and their communities to explore, re-imagine, and shape the world that they want to live in.
Arms and Sleepers
Creative Communities
CU Boulder
Dokk1
Aarhus Public Libraries
Lifelong Kindergarten
MIT Media Lab
Negroni
Metropolitan New York Libray Council
Playing with the Sun
Public Library Innovation Exchange
SEA Education Association
SOLE Colombia
The Remake
Newtowne School
principles
ideas, notions, and themes that we explore across our work
unconstructed environment
wonder
cultivate empathy with all things, find inspiration in the unknown
unconstructed people
everyday
elevate the personally meaningful experiences found in daily life
unconstructed tools
tinkerable
make complexity more accessible through explorative play
finding meaning
always changing, ever learning
making meaning
constructed environment
interconnectedness
build relationships that center relationality over extraction
constructed people
belonging
create conditions where everyone sees themself in both process and outcomes
constructed tools
composability
design systems that inspire the reassembly of parts to create new sums
team
Froghouse was founded by Carl Bowman and Grif Peterson in 2023. They met while working in the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab in 2014 and connected over shared interests of education, public space, and music.
carl
Boston, MA
Previously served as Director of Design at Scratch, the visual programming language and world's largest online community for kids. Carl has worked on creative products and experiences with LEGO, Google, Cartoon Network, Social Works, and Chicago Public Schools.
grif
Phoenix, AZ
Previously served as Executive Director at P2PU, a global network of peer learning communities. Grif has worked on business strategy and program operations with UNICEF Kyrgyzstan, Dokk1, Kenya National Library Service, Harvard Law School, and Chicago Public Library.
friends
Several people contribute to the collective work of Froghouse. Below are friends who are currently swimming in the pond.
caroline
Brattleboro, VT
Before arriving at the pond, Caroline was working as lead brand designer for the City of Boston, had a short stint designing in the tech sector, and most recently dipped her unwebbed feet into the advertising world at Whiskey Design.
abha
Toronto, ON
Abha’s work is a mix of graphic design, interactive media, and computation. She loves to make, break and repurpose things. She is fascinated by people and places and her work mostly finds inspiration from the eccentricities of this world. Before moving to Toronto, she worked as a generalist designer in a small studio in the Himalayas.
Community
- stakeholder mapping
- community building
- partnership engagement
- program design
Design
- art direction
- brand design
- web design
- info architecture
Product
- strategy & operations
- UX / UI design
- touchpoint mapping
- research & development
Organization
- strategic planning
- organization startup
- landscape analysis
- fundraising strategy