We design and develop web sites, interfaces, objects, and interactive experiences.
And we manage complicated projects.
Activate Studio is Arianna Orland and Steve Kovacs. Arianna is Design Director at Zynga, runs Paper Jam Press, and teaches the occasional class. Steve is a technical consultant at Sequence, and spends a fair amount of time working from Hong Kong.
NEWS
We made the website for Ride Rise Roar, which is now out on DVD and Blu-ray!
Our clients span a broad range of fields including technology, retail, and the arts.
1891 by Sferra - Visual/ UI design
23andMe - Visual/ UI design
ANGR - Web development
Asia Society - Identity/ logo design
Bay Data Services - Visual/ UI design and branding
Big Noise PR - Visual/ UI design and branding
Cake Financial - Visual design and marketing
Chipotle - Intranet development
Clement Mok Designs - Wordpress development
Demandforce - Web development
DIRECTV - Remote control and Television UI
EA - Visual design and marketing
Fan Rocket - Interactive TV show concepts
Friendster - Visual/ UI design and marketing
Grey New York - Visual design, engineering, documentation
Hillman Curtis - Visual/ UI design and engineering
Logitech - Project management, engineering
Lytro - Project management
Mall Hub - Interactive touch screen kiosk interface
Norwood Club - Visual/ UI design and development
OpenTable - Project Management
PayPal - Visual/ UI design
PlayIndies - Visual/ UI design and development, engineering
Savory Cities - Engineering
Sequence - Project management, engineering
Silver Air - Visual design, marketing, and branding
The Melt - Project Management
Tokoni - Visual/ UI design and marketing
Wal-Mart Stores - Visual/ UI design and marketing
Walmart.com - Interactive touch screen kiosk interface
Vita Green - Visual/ UI design, engineering
Zynga - Visual/ UI design
Our passion is making meaningful experiences from the building blocks of technology.
Activate Studio was founded in 2008 by Arianna Orland and Steve Kovacs. Activate's mission is to create intuitive, expressive, meaningful digital and physical experiences. Our approach holds the user at its center, fusing leading edge technology with simple clean design.
Steve Kovacs
Principal, Technology
Steve has been the the lead developer for Hillman Curtis, the technical director of the New York International Fringe Festival, and the bass player for four Hong Kong bands. M.Sc. in Design and Digital Media from the University of Edinburgh; BA in Drama and Philosophy from Duke University.
Arianna Orland
Principal, Creative
Arianna has over 10 years of experience designing all things digital and physical, focusing on the synthesis of creative vision and user needs. In 2006, she earned a master's degree from NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program with a concentration in exploring new interfaces.
Got a project that needs collaborators? We want to hear from you.
Activate Studio
267 Clinton Park
SF, CA 94103