Stephen Matthew Designs, LLC

Based in Coral Gables, Florida, Stephen Matthew Designs, LLC is a small, interdisciplinary consultancy that combines design, planning, and project management for clients ranging from businesses to urban and regional planning initiatives. The firm is led by its principal, Stephen Matthew Wisniewy, whose background includes service as a White House Presidential Innovation Fellow and as a retired U.S. Army operational designer trained at the School of Advanced Military Science. His academic credentials span civil engineering, journalism, military art and science, and architecture, and this mix of technical, communications, and military-planning training shapes the firm's approach to client work. The consultancy organizes its work into two studios. Studio A covers architectural design and development, project management, and other design services. Studio B focuses on business development and strategic planning, design thinking consulting, and human-centered communications. Declared service areas also include search engine optimization, product design, public relations, event management, and marketing strategy, positioning the firm to support both physical design projects and broader strategic or communications needs. Its stated method draws on design thinking and structured planning frameworks — referencing the U.S. Army's operational planning doctrine — to address complex, ill-defined problems, build actionable plans, and communicate vision and intent within conditions of uncertainty, rather than attempting to eliminate uncertainty outright.