Thrive Design Studio is a Minneapolis-based design and strategy consulting firm. It has experience working with some of the most innovative projects, developments and guiding philosophies on the planet. A strength of Thrive's is its ability to creatively envision an ideal future that is attractive, fair and sustainable. This vision is used as a model for a designated project to backcast from, helping to align strategies around their ability to move an entity directly towards its greatest potential.
It is Thrive's goal to help co-create a future of abundance and possibility. Design is a powerful tool in this mission, as it is the application of intention. Design can be cheap, toxic and socially isolating, or it can be authentic, inspiring and regenerative. The latter characteristics of design ultimately add up to a culture that can thrive.
Supporting Thrive's design and strategy projects is a vast network of innovative, interdisciplinary and international collaborators. Projects large and small receive a custom set of solutions that are catered towards innovative, affordable and lasting solutions.
Joshua Foss
Principal, LEED AP
Joshua Foss (joshuafoss.com) is a leading green building, design, and lifestyle expert. He is an outspoken advocate for sustainable development and has led countless seminars on transformational design ideas throughout North America.
Joshua carries a master’s degree in Strategic Leadership Towards Sustainability from the Blekinge Institute of Technology in Karlskrona, Sweden. This program was designed in partnership with The Natural Step, an internationally reknowned framework designed to guide organizations towards sustainability.
Joshua has leveraged several unique platforms to share his background and interest in transformational design. He is an adjunct faculty for Minneapolis College of Art and Design’s Sustainable Design Online program and started the online journal Metro Hippie back in 2007.
On a side note, Joshua is a familiar face within various media outlets. He appeared on the second season of HGTV’s Design Star and hosted his own series on HGTV.com called Get Green. He has also led over 120 seminars at various trade shows, conferences and summits throughout North America, been a guest contributor on almost 40 television spots, and has been profiled in countless print and online publications.