The National Design Studio builds digital infrastructure for the United States Government. We're a team of engineers, designers, and product leaders working to modernize how America serves its citizens.

National Design Studio is redefining accessibility in public technology—not as a compliance exercise, but as a core design responsibility. We start from the premise that if a system is confusing, it is inaccessible, no matter how many boxes it checks. Our work focuses on eliminating friction at the structural level: fewer steps, clearer language, tighter flows, and interfaces that respect the time, attention, and dignity of the people using them.

Two engineers walked into the government six months ago to drag federal retirements from an underground mine onto the Internet. They built retire.opm.gov and are poised to turn six-month waits into near-instant processing for hundreds of thousands of employees.