For the University of Amsterdam STBY facilitated a series of workshops with students, lecturers and system operators to inform the iterative development of its new Electronic Learning System (ELO).
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Guest lectures at Business Schools
Geke van Dijk has been invited to give guest lectures on customer insights for service innovation at two different Business Schools, Tias Nimbas in Tilburg (NL) and Cranfield (UK).
Service Experience Lab
Immerse yourself in the service experiences of your customers and identify new opportunities for innovation. In a bespoke one-day programme we facilitate an lively encounter between your team and some consumers from your target group.
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 researchers in conducting interviews with innercity urban creatives, and then facilitated them in drawing out the main insights and conclusions. Both the researchers and the interviewees aged between 17 to 25.
Design Research at the Design Academy
STBY was asked by the Design Academy in Eindhoven to prepare and facilitate a workshop on Design Research. There are several excellent examples of work in this area within the Design Academy, but there seems to be no coherent overview of these activities nor a framework of facilities to support and nurture them. The aim of this workshop was to enable the management team of the Design Academy to develop a strategic vision on what Design Research is and what the position and ambition of the Design Academy is in this area is or should be.
Training in Design Documentaries
As part of the Executive Master Course in Information Management at the University of Amsterdam, Bas Raijmakers coordinated a series of lectures and workshops on Design Documentaries. After an inital introduction and a briefing session, 12 students from both industry and government organisations worked in groups on developing their own Design Documentary.
Education & training
We always enjoy passing our knowledge on to others and engaging in lively discussions. We often speak at conferences, seminars and company training days. We have also been invited to teach at the Design Academy (Eindhoven, NL), The Royal College of Art (London, UK), the University of Glasgow (Scotland) and the University of Amsterdam (NL). [...]
Smart Street paper
Paper on experimental design research methods in a street in London, published by the Design Research Society and presented at their annual conference in 2008: Undisciplined!. The project was done with students from the Royal College of Art Design Interactions department. Co-authored by Wendy March (Intel) and Bas Raijmakers. (PDF, 732 kb)
Smart Street presentation
The presentation Bas did at the Design Research Society conference Undisciplined! (2008) on the above mentioned paper. (PDF, 4.2 Mb)