How do people around the world charge their mobile devices? How do they use electricity in their households, and how do they think about their energy usage? Together with all …
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Co-creating education
In the early stages of developing a new international master course, the University of Tilburg was interested in a series of empathic conversations with students to explore some first ideas …

Services to support complex decision making
In collaboration with Broca & Wernicke, STBY investigated the complex decision making processes within hospitals on the application of surgical treatments. We interviewed people throughout the organisation, from surgeons to …

Creating design briefs on patient dignity
The Design Council and the Department of Health in the UK have recently initiated a national design challenge ‘Designing for Patient Dignity’. STBY was asked to contribute to the exploratory …

User-led service opportunities for Sony
In close collaboration with Radarstation, STBY conducted a qualitative consumer research for Sony, exploring opportunities for new service concepts beyond their traditional market.

Urban Creatives: young and switched on
For Bigga Fish and BANG Radio we set up and managed a youth study in London with an experimental approach. We first trained and coached a panel of 5 young …

Service design for utilities
In close collaboration with the Design Council we worked on a service design scoping study for a water company. Our task in this multi-stranded project was to generate consumer insights …
