About Us

Designing a better world.

Since 2010, we have provided design, branding, and communications expertise to clients who want to create positive change in unique and bold ways. We’re a strategic partner helping to solve our clients’ nonprofit communication challenges to create lasting impact.

OUR VALUES

Authenticity
We always strive for real, genuine relationships and interactions.
Collaboration
We play well with others in order to come up with great ideas and build meaningful & lasting partnerships.
Excellence
We strive to create the best creative and strategic work for our clients and ourselves.
Respect
We believe everyone should be treated with dignity and welcome diverse perspectives.
Love
We believe in putting heart into our work and we're passionate about the causes and people that we work with.

A multicultural, multifaceted backstory.

Ambica Prakash founded Eighty2degrees on the belief that design is essential to solving problems and creating change. She is a lifetime advocate of social responsibility and active citizenry, which is evident throughout Eighty2degrees’ clients, work, and philosophy.

An immigrant from India, Ambica loved art from an early age. After studying, she started her career in advertising. Moving on to study visual communication in France, and continuing her journey to the US, Ambica earned an MFA in Graphic Design from Indiana University, Bloomington. Before starting Eighty2degrees, she taught graphic design at the University of Wisconsin–Stout and American University.

Combining those experiences and cultures, plus her passions for art, design, and social justice, Ambica created a design studio that focuses solely and strategically on leveraging design for good.

Our Design Work

The design work we produce is essential for raising awareness around critical issues. We partner with clients that enable us to create work that has an impact on the world. Our projects fall into at least one of the eight mission-driven “areas” we strive to support.

advance

social
justice

advocate

for human &
civil rights

cultivate

artistic & cultural
expression

empower

local
communities

protect

the wild
& free

respect

diversity in
all forms

solve

pressing global
challenges

support

transformative
change

Join our team

We seek passionate people who want to work for good causes and good clients. We don’t currently have any openings, but feel free to drop us a note to say hello.