We Are a Human-Centered Ecosystem Committed to Creating a Positive Impact
Our Story
From designing the first brand prototype for Hopper Reserve to advancing the practice of human-centered design, Sands Lane has long been at the forefront of creating change through purpose and design. See some of the highlights from our experiences.
Our Shared Purpose Drives Us
We create what others can’t see. We enable the best humans, provide operational guidance and support, and predict and invest in our collective future.
We Believe
Creativity is within all of us
We believe that creative approaches to learning and problem solving are critical for success. Education is an organic system that can be depleted and destroyed, or revitalized and encouraged.
Humans innovate
We take a human-centered approach to design the better future we envision today.
Agile ecosystems can thrive
We help organizations thrive by empowering the people who drive them to anticipate change, think creatively and adapt quickly.
Technology enables our vision
Software has enabled infinite connections and insights, driven by our desire to dream big and solve practical problems affecting us everyday.
Collaboration is critical
We bring together brands and partners to effect positive change in education, art, culture and humanity.
Creative venturing
There is nothing more fulfilling than building something and helping others. We help our partners dream, design and execute, all while having fun.
How We Work
We focus on purpose led and human-centered design, keeping our fellow humans at the center of our positive intentions. We evolve and adapt to challenges and changes, fostered by the desire to solve for human needs first. We like rolling up our sleeves and getting our hands dirty, building, learning, inspiring and implementing, with and for our partners.
“You must forget all your theories, all your ideas before the subject. What part of these is really your own will be expressed in your expression of the emotion awakened in you by the subject.”
— Henri Matisse
Who We Are
We are an ecosystem of humans, artists, dreamers, entrepreneurs, designers, teachers, researchers, farmers, craftspeople and more. Our shared values and beliefs influence all that we do, and the positive impact we design for.
Our roots date back to the first iced tea stand on the corner of Sands Lane and Cedar Avenue, circa 1987.
“My dream for the future of Sands Lane is the same as it was back then when I launched my first iced tea stand: that everyone who is part of the Sands Lane ecosystem find their calling, that building here never feels like ‘work’, that we are all enjoying our lives, and that we are engaged in the positive impact we were put on Earth to achieve.”
— Evan Eneman, Founder & CEO
