Services
Turn Institute designs human-centered solutions that drive innovation while advancing social and environmental well-being. Our expertise in UX Research, HCI/HMI Design, Systems & Service Blueprinting, and Human Factors Engineering ensures intuitive and resilient systems that prioritize people and planet. Through Strategic Foresight & Risk Analysis, we prepare organizations for emerging challenges.
Training & Education
Turn Institute offers online webinars and short courses on the Thinkific platform. Check out our current offerings at the link below.
CGU Drucker Certificate in Design Leadership & Strategy
The 12-week, fully online Certificate in Design Leadership & Strategy from the CGU Drucker School of Management and Turn Institute equips creative professionals to lead with systems thinking, drive innovation, and guide sustainable transformation in rapidly changing design industries.
Design & Prototyping
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Turn Institute specializes in UX and CX design for transportation, creating solutions that prioritize efficiency, sustainability, safety, and accessibility, ensuring seamless and user-centered mobility experiences for all.
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Turn Institute offers expert HCI and human factors engineering services, designing intuitive, safe, and efficient systems that enhance usability, accessibility, and performance across transportation and mobility solutions.
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Turn Institute provides strategic prototyping and validation services, from digital software prototypes to physical mock-ups, enabling rigorous usability testing and iterative refinement to ensure effective, user-centered design solutions.
Research & Futurecasting
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Turn Institute specializes in UX and CX research for transportation and mobility, employing advanced methodologies to uncover user needs, optimize interactions, and enhance the overall travel experience with data-driven insights.
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Turn Institute offers UX and human factors testing and HCI/HMI validation services, ensuring that interactive systems are intuitive, safe, and efficient through rigorous usability evaluations, cognitive testing, and real-world simulations.
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ITurn Institute provides future foresight and design services, including emerging trends and STEEPx analysis, Causal Layered Analysis, speculative futures design, and applying human factors engineering principles to sci-fi prototyping, helping organizations anticipate change, explore possibilities, and design visionary, future-ready solutions.
Why work with us?
Turn Institute brings together world-class transportation, industrial, and interaction designers with decades of experience at top companies and leading educational institutions, combining industry expertise with cutting-edge research and teaching.
Why a non-profit?
As a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, Turn Institute prioritizes education and public benefit, ensuring that our expertise in design, prototyping, and strategy is driven by impact, innovation, and collaboration—not commercial interests.
Our fees are lower than for-profit consultants and agencies, and your donations to Turn Institute are tax-deductible. Partnering with us means investing in meaningful, future-focused solutions that serve both industry and society.
Get in touch.
Whether you need education and training, design and prototyping, or research and futurecasting, Turn Institute is here to help. Reach out to us to collaborate on innovative, user-centered solutions that shape the future of transportation and mobility.