Experience Design That Will Transform Your World
Since 2001, Odyssey Works has been pioneering the practices of transformative experience design1. Best known for creating Odysseys—enormous, personalized performances designed to guide individuals through profound journeys—we have spent decades researching the practicalities of experience design across disciplines. After publishing several books on the topic, we now offer a variety of unique educational programs, including our flagship year-long certificate program. We also offer shorter workshops for small groups and organizations, as well as experience design and consulting services to a wide variety of organizations. Our mission is to inspire and empower others to create meaningful experiences that transform the way we engage with the world.
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EXPERIENCE DESIGN is a revolutionary way of designing focused on the experience of the audience.It has the power to transform any art or design practice that involves humans.
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School
Develop your experience design portfolio, build creative COMMUNITY, and tap into your purpose through our comprehensive suite of courses. Our educational programming builds on more than two DECADES of research and will position you at the forefront of this emergent practice. We believe in balancing RIGOR and craft with humanity and heart.
Certificate Program
A 10-month, low-residency program providing both a comprehensive understanding of the principles of experience design and an introduction to an engaged and dynamic community.
Master Class
Join a cohort of international cross-disciplinary artists collaborating to make a once-in-a-lifetime Odyssey for one chosen individual. The next master class will take place in 2026.
Workshops
Our shorter workshops cover a wide range of topics, from designing with diagrams to designing for consent to introductory experience design. We also offer customized talks and workshops specific to your organization's needs.
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Consultancy
Partner with us to bring meaningful experience design to your company's project. Our clients come to us for our PIONEERING design methods and leave with a more impactful approach to making experiential work. We offer innovative design solutions, as well as customized workshops, to ignite your team to make cutting edge products and experiences.
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Tools
Explore our free resources designed to help you dive into the PRINCIPLES of experience design. These tools provide you with practical insights and TECHNIQUES to start creating transformative experiences on your own.
Four Experience Design Hacks to Enhance Team Collaboration
These four hacks are ways to drive out the dull and re-engage as a team more deeply, and add less than ten minutes to any meeting or co-working session.
A Quick Start Guide to Designing Experiences Instead of Things
No matter what project you are working on — be it an immersive experience, an organizational structure, a piece of software, or Thanksgiving dinner — the principles of experience design apply equally.
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Experiences
IMMERSE yourself in TWO DECADES our experiential work and dive into the history of our revolutionary approach2 to making intimate, immersive performances. We've been in the business of changing lives for nearly 25 years.
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Our approach beings with EMPATH which is essential to understand and connect with the experiences of others.
Pilgrimage
From Brooklyn to a sacred park in Virginia, Ayden’s Odyssey unfolded as a transformative pilgrimage—woven with choreography, talismans, and the power of personal rebirth.
The Narrative Spiral
Through sound, story, and strangers, Laura’s Odyssey spiraled inward—until all that remained was resonance. What followed was a return to self, forever changed by what she heard.
The Map Is Not The Territory
What began with a Borges book and a man in a goat mask became a wild hunt across New York—and a fiery, joyful rite of passage that pulled Carl from his mind into his body, and into a new life.
When I Left The House It Was Still Dark
A mysterious children’s book. A secret room. A flight to the Canadian prairie. Rick Moody’s summer was overtaken by art, blurring life and performance until the line disappeared completely.
The Dariad
From farmers market to museum, Dare’s Odyssey unfolded through fire, faces, and frames—transforming the familiar into the surreal, and turning quiet attentiveness into a powerful act of connection.
The Woven Life
In the mango groves of Baja, Suldano wove yarn, memories, and dreams into a new vision of self—blurring the real and the possible in a fabric of transformation.
The First Chapter
In a world where stories were currency, Josh journeyed through waterfalls, farm stands, and a writers’ commune—rediscovering creativity, community, and his own long-lost First Chapter.
The Book of Separation
A remote, poetic journey for two—The Book of Separation invites you and a loved one into a custom-built story of connection, distance, and what it takes to find your way back to each other.
The Road to Taz
In Lisbon and beyond, Jude followed signs only the searching can see—tattoos, songs, strangers, and stories—on a quest for TAZ, a fleeting world where chosen identity and imagined community come to life.
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Foundation
Join the Odyssey Works Foundation in cultivating an empathetic vision for the field of experience design, transforming the world through a prism of PERSPECTIVES. Our not-for-profit arm funds scholarships for experience design students and is committed to fostering accessible education, mentorship, and community.
