Frog Design
frog (styled as "frog, part of Capgemini Invent") is a global creative and design consultancy founded in 1969 by industrial designer Hartmut Esslinger in Mutlangen, Germany, where it was initially named “esslinger design”. Soon after the company moved to Altensteig, Germany, and then opened a new studio in Palo Alto, California, and ultimately to its current headquarters in San Francisco, California. The company has studios in North and Central America, Europe, and Asia.
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Design firm, industrial design, interaction design, management consulting, innovation management, service design, software engineering, organization design, Venture Management |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Founder | Hartmut Esslinger |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Gagandeep Gadri (Global Managing Director) |
| Owner | Capgemini |
Number of employees | 2,000+ (2021) |
| Website | https://www.frog.co |
The name was changed to frog design in 1982 (the name originating from an acronym for Esslinger's home country, the Federal Republic of Germany; it was originally styled exclusively in lower-case as an expression of its belief in a democratic place of work, where ideas are openly and freely shared, and in opposition to the capitalization of nouns in German). The brand was once again restyled as frog in 2011 to signify an expanded portfolio of services that included strategy and organization activation.
The company was acquired by Capgemini in 2021 and is now a part of Capgemini Invent.