Human-led design studio, accelerated with modern AI workflows.
WHY GDS
Pod-style team
We embed like an internal team—without the ramp-up or overhead.
 Small team. Clear roles. Efficient, consistent output.
Each GDS client gets a dedicated pod:
 Creative leadÂ
Sets strategy and quality
 Project managerÂ
Keeps timelines tight
 Technical writerÂ
Sharpens the message
 Designer/AnimatorÂ
Executes with precision
A full creative team, already built.
Motion designers, product designers, a technical writer, a PM, the team that would take 18 months and significant budget to hire yourself.
Caroline Petersen
Founder + Chief Design Officer
Lauren Meilstrup
Creative Lead + Graphic Designer
Zoe Mazlin
Graphic Designer + Illustrator
Zoe Descoteaux
Graphic Designer
Pablo Agustin Quiñonero
Web Designer
Javier Miranda
Sr Motion Designer + Video Editor
Sergey Baleca
Sr Motion Designer + 3D Video Artist (Blender)
Anatolie Poghirca
Sr Motion Designer
Lacey McAdoo
Creative Project Manager
Bri Culberson
Marketing Manager
Anastasiia Hriaznova
Sr Product Designer + Illustrator
George Mirgorod
Sr JavaScript Developer
Partners
Steve Korver
Technical Writer
Hudson Barsness
Voice Over Artist
Rich Savage
Voice Over Artist
High Impact Services
Booth Builders
Our values
Be curious
Assumptions kill good work before it starts. We ask more questions than most. We read between the lines of every ask. We want to understand your audience, your pressure, and what success actually looks like — before we move a single pixel.
Listen carefully
What people put in a request and what they actually need are rarely the same thing. We pay attention to what's said in calls, in feedback, in the gaps. That's where the real scope lives. And that's what separates work that moves pipeline from work that just ships.
Make the challenge the lesson
The hard projects are the ones that make you better. When something's difficult, we don't just push through and move on. We stop, name what we learned, and share it. Every tough project makes the next one faster, sharper, and better.
Be the doctor
You don't walk into an appointment and tell the doctor what to prescribe. A good doctor listens, diagnoses, then tells you what you actually need — not just what you came in asking for. We work the same way. We'll give you our honest read and recommend the right path, even when it's not what you expected.
