"The world is often organized by titles and departments. But innovation doesn't happen in silos.
We operate on a single premise: Human ingenuity is unlocked when we stop asking 'What do you want to be?' and start asking 'What problem do you want to solve?'. Whether through stained glass or digital data, we orient our work around the challenges we address."
Below are Our Active Projects at
The Realm of Possibility
The Problem of Affordable Creative Space
Vitraux Studios
The Challenge: Creative spaces in urban centers are becoming scarce and unaffordable. Artists cannot contribute to a city's culture if they cannot afford to live within it.
The Solution: We develop affordable gallery space, studio space, and in the future, artist live-work spaces. By increasing access to stable creative infrastructure, we ensure that artistry remains a permanent resident in our communities.
vitraux.org
The Problem of The Dying Stained Glass Industry
Artistreets
The Challenge: Stained glass is fading into obscurity, often viewed as "nostalgic" rather than a relevant modern medium.
The Solution: The Artistreets Project invents new mixed-media techniques to redefine the field of stained glass. Our fundamental goal is to create new markets for local artists, to generate revenue for local institutions, and to use stained glass to honor people who make a positive impact in society.
artistreets.orgThe Problem of Institutional Sustainability
Alma Mater Designs
The Challenge: Colleges and universities face a challenging economic landscape. They need new ways to engage alumni and generate revenue without relying on traditional "asks".
The Solution: We use the skill of stained glass to achieve modern development goals. We create custom, high-end retail art featuring university crests and emblems to reignite stakeholder relationships.
almamaterdesigns.org
The Solvency of Brick & Mortar Institutions in Chicago
Chicago Flag Project
The Challenge: Local non-profits and small businesses often lack sustainable mechanisms to generate unrestricted funds.
The Solution: We convert iconic civic symbols into fundraising assets. By transforming the Chicago Flag into stained glass and concrete art, we provide institutions with a retail product that signals local pride and supports their mission.
chicagoflag.org
The Problem of the Future of Work
Problem-Based Career Exploration
The Challenge: We are in the early stages of a digital arms race. As AI and robotics automate routine tasks, the traditional employment model is collapsing.
The Solution: To help learners create fulfilling career paths by orienting their exploration, education, work experience, and thinking around a problem or challenge they wish to address. We are piloting this paradigm in the field of oral health. We prioritize telling the story behind the resume, bringing the granularity down to the individual, allowing the next generation to discover possibilities and opportunities to solve problems in the field, giving insights and professional pathways that are not taught in schools. We release only human content, which is a premium in the age of artificial intelligence-generated media.
pilot.oral-health.orgOur Timeline (The Evolution)
Our Collaborations
Incubator & Pilot Partner
2012
Problem: Preparing the next generation to meet global health challenges of the 21st century through the development of digital Possibility Profiles of their affiliates.
Early Adopter & Client
2014
Problem: Telling the stories of professionals in dental medicine working across various disciplines, professions, specialties, and areas of inquiry.
Institutional Client
2018
Outcome: Manufactured 11 Presidential Award Stained Glass Shields, gifts to honor the top 10 donors to the School of Public Health including T.H. Chan for a 350 million dollar gift to the institution.
Institutional Client
2019
Outcome: The design and production of an Alma Mater Designs stained glass shield package to honor the endowing family of the Giovanni Armenise Harvard Foundation at Harvard Medical School.
Institutional Client
2023 & 2024
Outcome: Commissioned to make 20 Alma Mater Designs Awards of Merit to honor meritorious Yale Law School Alumni, and built a Gothic Inscription Stained Glass Award for an Emeritus Law School Dean & Professor.
Strategic Partner
2025
Problem: Improving quality of care for a portable dental operation that serves the elderly in multidisciplinary PACE programs in 25+ states across the USA.
The Intersection of Art & Science
Jason L. Outlaw works at the intersection of material craftsmanship and academic innovation. He discovered his love for stained glass in 1996, eventually training at The Beverly Arts Center.
Simultaneously, he pursued a rigorous academic path, earning degrees in Urban Planning - magna cum laude (UIUC) and both a Doctor of Dental Medicine with honors in research (DMD) and both a Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) and a Doctor of Medical Science (DMSc) from the Harvard School of Dental Medicine.
A recipient of the Star Family Prize for Excellence in Advising and a former Technical Assistant to the PAHO/WHO, Jason currently pioneers telehealth solutions for underserved populations while running the Realm of Possibility studio.