Elf
Create the Future
About Us
Designed with Love™
Elf is a design and innovation company. Today Elf consists of a business-to-business (B2B) creative agency and a research and development (R&D) unit, Star Labs. We also have a consumer brand through our digital magazine, Hayden’s, and our podcast, Stardust.
Founded in 2003 and launched in 2007, Elf aims to be a blue-chip company that operates at the highest level of integrity, providing world-class services and designing exceptional products for businesses and consumers. Elf supports inventiveness in companies and individuals that want to build a better future. We do this by listening carefully to what our clients need and want and providing world-class services to help them achieve their goals.
Creativity drives business innovation. We are inspired to create.
We break things down to first principles to effectively solve problems and come up with new solutions.
A SHARED LOVE OF DESIGN
Our team shares a love of design. Design offers us a foundation of excellence to create from, requiring a love of aesthetics inspired by imagination. It is a professional way of life which rallies us together for a shared purpose. Design draws upon precise skills and craftsmanship. We are constantly learning, exploring the world, and embracing new ideas. Our work nurtures people's relationships with ideas, objects, and places.
Apple founder Steve Jobs’ definition of design inspires us, “Design is not just what it looks like. Design is how it works.”
3 GOALS
We have three principal goals at Elf.
Invest in creativity.
Embrace technology.
Grow significantly.
OUR VALUES
At Elf, we attach great value to long-term relationships. We continue to collaborate with clients we have known for a long time. Our core values of integrity, excellence in our work, and compassion drive us. We are optimistic, disciplined, and patient. We aim to create a positive impact in the work we do. Our goal is to leave the world better than we found it. To this end, we act as environmental stewards when we can. We seek to establish lasting and meaningful relationships with companies and organizations that care about their customers and provide innovative, sustainable, high-quality products and services. We are grateful for these opportunities. We aim to do great work in the years to come.
OUR TEAM
We value a healthy work environment and renewal to maintain an exceptional, positive, and highly effective team. We hire the best in the industry. Learn more about what we look for in our Elf team.
OUR CLIENT SERVICES
Elf operates a digital creative agency that provides world-class design, apps and technology, digital, and audio (DADA™) services to clients worldwide. Elf is known for its innovative approach, applied imagination, engineering precision, creative problem-solving skills, and coming up with fresh and relevant solutions.
Over the years, we have gained significant, specialized experience working with our clients in several verticals, such as consumer electronics, technology, transportation, cybersecurity, finance, e-commerce, real estate, architecture, and construction.
We are excited to pioneer new ideas, solve complex challenges, and do work we love.
OUR PRODUCT LINE
Elf has a visual magazine Hayden’s, with in-depth interviews with visual artists and musicians. Hayden’s™ is also launching its podcast, Stardust™ for Apple Music, an Elf channel on Apple News, and an app division, Atom™ to produce apps for the App Store and Xbox in collaboration with clients and partners.
OUR R&D UNIT: STAR LABS
As of 2021, we have a research and development unit, Star Labs™. We develop ideas into tangible products and services at Star Labs. Star Labs offers us the space to experiment and build prototypes. As a prototype becomes commercially viable, we take it to the next level. Currently, at Star Labs, we are working on two long-term projects: renewable energy solutions and creating zero-emission, safe, fast, efficient, and beautifully designed aircraft and drones.
INVENT THE FUTURE
We create for the future. www.elf.agency
BUSINESS
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Our Clients
We work with industry-defining and pioneering clients from Fortune 100 to SMBs. Learn More.
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