The White House Wants to Beautify US Websites. This Airbnb Co-Founder Is in Charge

Trump taps DOGE-aligned tech leader to overhaul federal websites

The Trump administration is tapping a private-sector tech leader with ties to the Department of Government Efficiency to overhaul federal websites. Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia said on Saturday that Trump appointed him to serve as the chief design officer of the United States. Gebbia, who also serves on Tesla’s board of directors, will lead the newly created National Design Studio within the White House. An executive order signed by President Do…

Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia takes on new White House design chief role

The Trump White House has tapped Tesla board member and Airbnb cofounder Joe Gebbia to take the lead on its initiative to redesign the federal government’s digital footprint. Gebbia announced that he was appointed as chief design officer in a Saturday post to X, formerly known as Twitter. That role was established by President Donald Trump via executive order last week along with a new National Design Studio and an initiative to improve digital …

The White House Wants to Beautify US Websites. This Airbnb Co-Founder Is in Charge

Joe Gebbia, who also did work for Elon Musk's DOGE project, says he wants government services "to be as satisfying to use as the Apple Store."

Airbnb Co-founder to Redesign Thousands of US Government Websites

Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia said on Aug. 23 it would be an honor to redesign thousands of U.S. government websites after he was appointed as President Donald Trump’s new design chief. Trump tapped the 44-year-old designer and entrepreneur to spearhead a new “National Design Studio,” tasked with the job of making federal online services more efficient and easy to use. Gebbia graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with degrees in graphi…

The Daily Heller: Trump Announces New National Design Studio – PRINT Magazine

On the heels of Donald Trump’s attacks on how the abhorrent, centuries-long practice of slavery is portrayed in Smithsonian institutions and elsewhere, the president added another notch to his engorged executive portfolio with the establishment of a new National Design Studio. Trump appointed Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia as the first governmental chief design officer to run America by Design. The goal: to update federal websites to, as Axios rep…

Trump Appoints Airbnb’s Joe Gebbia as First US Chief Design Officer

In a move that bridges Silicon Valley innovation with Washington bureaucracy, President Donald Trump has appointed Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia as the nation’s inaugural Chief Design Officer. This new role, established by executive order, tasks Gebbia with overhauling federal digital services, aiming to make them as intuitive and user-friendly as consumer tech giants. Gebbia, who helped build Airbnb into a global hospitality behemoth, expressed …