We design & build the companies of tomorrow
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Strategic consulting meets
hands-on building

Our Story

Cactus was founded to breakdown the barriers between strategic consulting, architectural design, and digital product development.

This integration of digital, physical, and human-powered design delivers greater impact, more efficiently.

Innovation

We help senior leaders identify new opportunities rooted in business fundamentals. To optimize the return on innovation investments, we partner with clients to find the right product-market fit and quickly scale the most promising projects.

We accelerate the move from experimenting to implementing a new product, service, or business model.

User & Market Research

Category Insights

Commercial Strategy

Business Model Innovation

Digital Transformation

Workshops

Stakeholder Engagement

Concept Development

Brand

We’re transformation experts, building new brands and helping category leaders bring their brands to the physical and digital world more boldly.

Our in-house team of strategists and designers work collaboratively on comprehensive branding, strategic brand development, and cohesive visual identity design.

Naming

Visual Identity

Marketing Positioning

Mission / Vision / Values

Brand Experience Strategy

Architecture

From patient rooms to campus masterplans, Cactus provides boundary-pushing architectural design services across scale and complexity.

We collaborate with clients, AORs, contractors, fabricators, and a wide range of partners to bring our ambitious ideas to life.

Architectural Design

Interior & Retail Design

Interactive Environments

Experience Design

Exhibition Design

Pop-ups & Activations

Masterplanning

Modular Systems

Digital

We design and build interactive platforms, tools, and interfaces that enhance user experience, operations, and impact.

Our digital team prides itself on deep collaboration with internal client teams in order to provide generative ideation as well as pragmatic focus on execution.

Product Design & Development

Immersive Experience Design

Interactive Content

UX/UI

Rapid Prototyping

Technology Implementation

Software Design & Development

What makes us different

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A handoff between siloed teams

Strategists & designers collaborating across your full project life cycle

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A team of junior associates working solo

Only the very best; every Cactus project is lead by senior leadership

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400 pages of unfiltered research

Actionable, design-driven insights

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A one-size fits all approach

A purpose-built design process

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A vendor who facilitates incremental change

An ambitious partner who empowers you to think bigger

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Endless screens & wizbang tech

A technology approach centered on enhancing human experience

clmbr ceiling install
Wellstar digital health innovation summit
USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center

Greater than the sum
of our parts