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A professional design platform with parametric precision.

About IQ.

IQ Design exists for professional designers who want to lead the AI moment rather than be defined by it.

You don't need another tool. You need the hours back, the precision to match what you already see, and a path from concept to product that doesn't break in the middle. That's what we build: your time comes back, your clients see what you see, and your vision connects to real products. Every workflow maps to a task you can charge for.

Our commitments.

The principles we hold ourselves to while building.

Ownership

Your work belongs to you. Fully and permanently.

We make no claim to your creative output. Your gallery is private by default; what you share is your decision alone.

Amplification

We amplify expertise. We do not replace it.

Professional vocabulary is the input. Your expertise is what makes the output precise.

Transparency

When designers thrive, everyone benefits.

Pricing built for accessibility, not extraction. The connections we build to suppliers and makers expand what designers can do — they don't monetize around them.

Provenance

AI-generated work deserves honest authorship.

We're building toward embedded authorship — proof of how an image was made and who directed it.

Economy

Creative work should generate value for the people who create it.

When a designer's intent connects directly to the maker who can build it or the supplier who carries it, everyone earns more fairly from the exchange.

Who this is built for.

The Designer

Thinks in materials, finishes, and spatial relationships.

IQ speaks your language and amplifies what you already know how to do.

The Maker

Craft that deserves to be found.

When a designer's parameters match your capabilities, that's a match — the right project finds you.

The Supplier

Products discovered by the professionals specifying them.

Intent-based search connects design vision to real inventory — because it matches, not because someone paid for placement.

The team.

Designers, builders, and educators — the people you'll actually hear back from.

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Steve Bonoff

Founder and President

Dr. Brad Canham

Revenue Officer

Austin Garner

Products Director

Kelly Eisenberg, CID

Education Director

Guadalupe Parraga

Communications Director

Development

Robert Nelson

Architecture

Nick Colgan

Engineering

Tristan SwordLegz

Development

Elle Yesnes

Design

When design flows, everything moves.

For the designer, an hour returned. For the maker, the right project finding them. For the supplier, a catalog that speaks to the people already looking for what it holds. That's what IQ Design is building.

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