INVIVIA

Name

INVIVIA

Legal name

INVIVIA

Website

https://invivia.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Design Consultancy

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Interior Design Services (54141)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Search, Detection, Navagation, Guidance, Aeronautical Sys (3812)

akta.pro primary industry

Enterprise Architecture & IT Operating Model (BPAHAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Indoor Mapping & Wayfinding Platforms (BPAMANAG), Passenger Information, Wayfinding & Signage (THABALAH)

Keywords

• Design consultancy services
• Human-centered design
• Interactive installations design
• Spatial experience design
• Inclusive design research

Headquarters

HQ city

Cambridge

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Design Consulting Services: Project-based consulting engagements for spatial, product, and service design. Clients include governments, academic institutions, and major corporations who commission custom design solutions ranging from urban installations to product development.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

INVIVIA is a design consultancy that provides Product Design, Spatial Design, and Service Design services, combining human-centered design methodology with emerging technologies such as biometric UX research, computer vision, responsive environments, and interactive installations. It serves forward-thinking governments, major corporations, and academic institutions on commissioned projects, with a specialized sub-brand INVIVIA.AI delivering AI-driven airport passenger flow intelligence, wayfinding, and security through design.

Product overview

INVIVIA is a design studio offering three core service lines: Product Design Services (design strategy, product development, technological adaptation, interface design, experience design, human-centered design), Spatial Design Services (placemaking, master planning, spatial experience, responsive environments, interactive installations, exhibition design), and Service Design Services (organizational transformation, inclusive design, ethnographic research). Under the sub-brand INVIVIA.AI, the company provides airport-focused AI and design services including passenger flow intelligence, wayfinding through experience, and security through design. The firm has over 20 years of experience working with organizations including Microsoft, Samsung, Harvard, and various government entities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• INVIVIA.AI: A specialized set of airport-focused AI and design services for passenger flow intelligence, wayfinding, and airport operations.

Products and services

• Product Design Services Design strategy, product development, technological adaptation, interface design, experience design, and human-centered design services for organizations seeking to create impactful human-technology interactions.
• Spatial Design Services Placemaking, master planning, spatial experience design, public space transformation, responsive environments, interactive installations, and exhibition design services for urban and architectural contexts.
• Service Design Services Organizational transformation, inclusive design, and ethnographic research services that help organizations address complex challenges through human-centric approaches.
• INVIVIA.AI Airport-focused AI and design services including passenger flow intelligence using computer vision and behavioral analysis, wayfinding through experience design, and security through design solutions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Inclusive Design Toolkit for Microsoft has influenced design practices across the technology industry
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

20 partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and supporting.

• Harvard Graduate School of Design - Responsive Environments and Artifacts Lab (REAL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing research collaboration with Harvard GSD's Responsive Environments and Artifacts Lab on projects including XUI series, PULSUS, and other interactive installations. The partnership combines academic research with practical design implementation.
• MicrosoftflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-year partnership spanning Inclusive Design Toolkit development, DesignWell, XUI work/play/home series, W.I.N.K keyboard innovation, and service design for Microsoft Services and Support. This partnership has produced foundational design methodologies now used industry-wide.
• NYC Department of TransportationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommissioned PULSUS urban interactive sculpture for the 2017 Summer Streets festival, creating an urban instrument that translates city communication into dynamic soundscape.
• City of MinneapoliscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommissioned #MIMMI urban sentiment cloud installation at Minneapolis Convention Center Plaza, responding to real-time social media mood of the city.
• City of CalgarycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCreated Familiar Strangers, one of the world's largest permanent interactive installations, transforming an underpass into a space for conversation using custom detection technology.
• SamsungcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesign and prototyping partnership for Minimal+ smart TV remote concept, rethinking remote control interfaces for expanding Smart TV functionality.
• BMW DesignworksUSAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to create Tivoli educational tool for designers and developers to understand touch and gesture as new input methods, distributed to 200 largest Microsoft OEMs.
• American Museum of Natural HistorycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCreated Einstein Gravity Wall interactive exhibit for the 'Gravity' exhibition, helping visitors experience space-time through full-body interaction.
• City of CopenhagencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCreated DRAEM, a 10-meter interactive urban sculpture that gathers empathy messages through social media for the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide.
• Massport (Massachusetts Port Authority)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPassenger Flow Analytics project using AI vision and behavioral analysis at Boston Logan Airport, combining videography with computer vision processing.
• Fennick McCredie ArchitecturesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on Experiential Wayfinding project at Boston Logan Airport Terminal C/E connector, developing moiré pattern installations for intuitive wayfinding.
• Harvard Center for Green Buildings and CitiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommissioned House Zero responsive sculpture showcasing geothermal wells as visual icon for building simulation and sustainability at Harvard.
• Government of ArmeniaflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerHybridity immersive experience for Venice Biennale Armenian Pavilion, answering 'How Will We Live Together?' with augmented reality and projection mapping.
• Aurora Humanitarian InitiativecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on Hybridity project to tell the Armenian journey through physical, visual, and sound installations using augmented reality and innovative materials.
• A. Alikhanyan National Laboratory (Yerevan Physics Institute)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic masterplan to revitalize 70-building research institution as technology innovation hub, working with researchers, businesses, and investors.
• Beijing Art BiennalecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHEUT #4 kinetic sculpture installation exploring 'Highly-Evolved Useless Things' as analog/digital design research.
• National Art Museum of ChinacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on kinetic sculpture installation showcasing analog/digital design approaches.
• Field ConstructscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner99 White Balloons installation at Circle Acres Nature Preserve, using environmental sensing to create responsive landscape.
• Ecology Action TexascoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnvironmental sensing installation combining 99 suspended white balloons with embedded sensors responding to temperature and ambient sound.
• MonarchcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDynamic Home project designing smart home for year 2045, exploring modular, responsive residential scenarios with kinetic and sensing technologies.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Frog (Capgemini Engineering): Frog is a global design and innovation consultancy known for hardware/product design, brand, and digital experiences. Direct competitor in product and service design for enterprise tech clients; now backed by Capgemini giving it scale advantages.
• Artefact: Artefact is a design consultancy focusing on human-centered design, product strategy, and emerging technology experiences. Comparable in scope (product, spatial, service design) and client caliber to INVIVIA.
• Teague: Teague is a design consultancy with a long aviation and transportation design legacy (Boeing, airports). Highly comparable given INVIVIA's INVIVIA.AI airport focus and aviation clients like Massport/Boston Logan.
• Smart Design: Smart Design is a design consultancy with deep expertise in product design, UX, and brand. Comparable to INVIVIA in serving Fortune 500 clients (including Samsung) and combining physical/digital design capabilities.
• Pentagram: Pentagram is a partner-owned design studio working across brand, product, environmental, and digital design. Comparable as a boutique, project-based consultancy serving prestigious enterprise and institutional clients.
• Cooper: Cooper is a UX and product design consultancy famous for the "Goal-Directed Design" methodology. Direct competitor in enterprise UX, design research, and digital product design for technology clients.
• IDEO: IDEO is the archetypal interdisciplinary design consultancy offering product, spatial, and service design to enterprises and governments. Most directly comparable peer to INVIVIA's model and client base, though materially larger and with broader global footprint.

Broad incumbents

• Designworks (BMW Group): Designworks is BMW Group's design consultancy serving automotive, mobility, and consumer clients. Listed as an INVIVIA partner; comparable as a multi-disciplinary design house with embedded corporate backing.
• Arup (Design + Engineering): Arup is a global engineering and design firm with significant activity in urban design, wayfinding, and airport environments. Comparable in INVIVIA's public-space and airport spatial design work, but far larger and engineering-led.
• Huge (EPAM): Huge is a large digital design and technology consultancy offering experience design, product, and engineering at scale. Now part of EPAM, giving it broader delivery capabilities than INVIVIA in enterprise tech engagements.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/invivia
• Instagraminstagram.com/invivia_studio
• Xx.com/INVIVIA

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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