Fathom Information Design

Here at Fathom, we love deeply complicated projects that take the intimate knowledge of a domain expert and make it accessible to a much wider audience. Since 2010, we’ve worked with large corporations, smaller non-profits, government agencies, and nearby universities. We do projects about issues we care about, like gender equality, development, education, public health, and public transportation. We build tools for scientists and help them address issues like Ebola, Lassa fever, malaria, and SARS-CoV-2. We geek out about music, pitch, color perception, and the digits of pi and tau. Our side projects feed our curiosities, occasionally putting our obsessions on public display. Even though we work in code and most of our projects are interactive, our traditional design training means we still really love print. We also use it as a means to support causes we think are important. And even though “design” is part of our company’s name, we’re a little preoccupied with math and work on large software projects. In fact, a considerable amount of our time is spent on enabling others to learn to code or create interactive and visual things. We are committed to being an anti-racist, inclusive studio and upholding these ethics in the work we do and environment we foster. We encourage people of color, women and members of the LGBTQ+ community to apply, contribute their voices, and help define the studio‘s trajectory. When we’re in the office, we all enjoy lunch together to take a break and catch up. From favorite fonts, to Estonian knitting patterns, to the colors and patterns found in our everyday lives - we’re always eager to share what has inspired us lately. When the weather permits, we like to relax out on our rooftop patio with some seltzers and take in our view of Beacon Hill. We love to make time for side projects involving data, code + design. We have a large format printer for experimenting with prints, programmable knitting + embroidery machines, and large screens throughout the office to experiment with installations.