STBY has a small and highly specialised team of senior researchers and consultants. We have extensive experience with research, strategy, design and project management. We are used to working in multi-disciplinary teams with agile project approaches.
We like to think of ourselves as ‘T-shaped’; each member of our team possess a deep expertise in design research, as well as the knowledge and skills needed to apply this to the broader field of service design.
All of our design researchers bring something different to the table. We connect the experience we have in our respective backgrounds – be this ethnography, film making, branding, change management, or several others – to our deep, mutual understanding of the principles of design research.
This is what allows us to undertake each new project with a creative approach that nevertheless delivers consistent results. Having design researchers with backgrounds in various fields allows the project teams we put together to be tailored around the specific needs of each project. Bespoke projects need bespoke teams.
Our core team:
Bas Raijmakers
Creative Director
Geke van Dijk
Strategy Director
Froukje Sleeswijk Visser
Sr. Design Researcher
Leeor Levy
Sr. Design Researcher
Marie de Vos
Design Researcher
Luke Kelly
Research Assistant
Hanae Shimizu
Intern NL
Zoé Aegerter
Intern UK
Our associates:
In our London and Amsterdam offices we frequently work together with associates who bring their own expertise to the team. These are all people and companies we have worked with over the years. We have built up a solid basis for smooth collaboration and the delivery of high quality of output towards our clients.
Ré Dubhthaigh
Radarstation
James Sunderland
Design Research
Anab Jain
Superflux
Design Research
Bram Appelman
Werkblik
Design Research
Marjolein de Vink
Design Research
Emilie Randoe
Randoe Verander- management
Change Management
Sanne Hettema
Spunk
Youth Research
Inez Piso
Spunk
Youth Research
Tjebbe Tjebbes
Spunk Youth Research
Our wider network of freelancers:
In very busy periods, or when clients require an expertise outside the scope of our core team and associates, we may complement our project teams with freelancers. We have a wide network of excellent and experienced freelancers in both UK and NL. Freelance staff always works from our offices and under our supervision. We have sufficient infrastructure in place to guarantee smooth and agile operations, and of course exclusive access to data from specific clients.
Hall of fame:
Some people who worked in our core team in the past deserve a special note on this page. They contributed greatly to the projects they collaborated on, and they were a joy to work with. Thank you!
Karien Stroucken
Research manager
Laura Pandelle
Intern London
Mario Coelho
Intern UK/NL
Sara Hardy-Graversen
Intern UK
Izaskun Bilbao
Intern UK
Mark Nijland
Intern NL
Michiel van der Heyden
Sr. Design Researcher
Valentine Mayuran Emmanuel
Intern UK
Alessia Bellon
Intern UK
Maaike Schuitema
Intern NL
Interns:
STBY have recently hosted interns at both our UK and Amsterdam offices. Though we don’t run a formal internship programme, we’re always interested in hearing from bright, enthusiastic, creative students who want to learn more about design research and service design as part of their studies. This usually takes between 4-6 months, as we like our interns to be involved in all aspects of what we do; once you’re comfortable with the basics, we’ll ask you to contribute to one of our ongoing projects.
If you’d like to know more then send some examples of your work along with a short introduction to mail@stby.eu, and let us know whether you’re interested in interning in Amsterdam or in London. Ideally you should have some background experience in both design and research, but if you think you could contribute in another way then let us know how.