Artefact

In short

Artefact is a design and strategy firm that works on products, services and systems for health, education and technology organizations. A multidisciplinary team takes projects from research and strategy through to finished interfaces, and responsible use of new technology runs through almost all of it.

Its health work is the clearest example. PRISM turned Seattle Children’s Hospital’s emotional well-being program into a digital experience for young patients facing serious illness; for MacuLogix it turned a tabletop macular degeneration test into a patient-centred wearable; and Traverse is a vision for culturally responsive patient–provider conversations using AI. Outside health it has worked with Figma on GenAI in team brainstorms, Dell on the future of knowledge work, Magic Leap, UNICEF Innocenti and Tangerine’s online banking, and it publishes the Tarot Cards of Tech for thinking through a product’s impact.

Health and education organizations designing a product where trust, ethics and patient experience matter will get the most out of it. Teams that need a brand identity or a marketing site should look at a brand studio.