President Trump chose AirBNB co-founder Joe Gabia this week as the first Chief Design Officer of America, who is part of the push of administration to update the design language of the federal government to be “usable and beautiful”.
Gabia, who joined the Department of Government Efficiency earlier this year and is on Tesla’s board, said on Saturday that his instructions have to improve the services of the government, “satisfactory to use as Apple Store: Beautifully designed, designed beautifully designed, great user experiences, run on modern software.”
“An experience that projects the level of excellence for our nation, and makes life less complicated for Americans everyday,” billionaire entrepreneurs Said In a post on social platform X.
Gebbia will lead the newly created National Design Studios that will work on making digital services more efficient in various federal government agencies. Trump created National Design Studio in his Thursday executive OrderSaying that the new body would advise agencies how “duplicate design costs, use standardized design to increase public confidence in service providers and improve the quality of experiences given to American public dramatically.”
Gebbia, who, will help the recruitment of top creative talents, coordinating with executive departments and agencies (agencies), and preparing new solutions in their new role, reporting to the Chief of House Chief of Staff Susie Wils.
The executive order stated that the government’s head would “consult” with Gebbia, which will “implement America by design initiative in its respective agencies by July 4, 2026 and produce initial results”.
According to the order, the studio will be closed in three years.
Gabia thanked Trump and his administration on Saturday for supporting America by “making this vision and design (@Ameriicabydesign).”
I will try my best to make America the most beautiful, and usable, a country in the digital world.
