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.
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Creative methods for community involvement
April 16, 2009 – 3:14 pm
Our contribution to the Heartlands project inspired a group of community regeneration officers of Kerrier District Council to invite us to share our knowledge and experience on ways to involve local communities in regeneration projects.
Financial services for young students
December 15, 2008 – 3:44 pm
For the IB-Groep (the national Dutch body that handles all studentships, student loans and university registrations) we organised a half day workshop to explore and discuss new ideas and concepts for financial services for young students.
In their last year at high school and in their first year at university, many of these students are trying to figure out how to manage their personal finance. They have a high need for information and guidance, and they prefer the services of the IB-Groep to be available to them in an integrated way through multiple channels.
Heartlands storytelling workshop
December 4, 2008 – 5:14 pm
We organised a storytelling workshop for Heartlands in Pool. The last in a series of co-creative workshops to inform and inspire the design teams of this regeneration project around an old tin mine.
Ethnographic research in Service Design
November 27, 2008 – 5:15 pm
Ethnography has become a valued tool in service design, even though the working conditions often do not allow for several months of field studies. During the international Service Design conference (Amsterdam, 24-26 November 2008) we organised a workshop on how service design can optimally benefit from ethnographic research.
Open Innovation & Co-Creation workshops
November 20, 2008 – 4:10 pm
Open innovation is an approach that welcomes the perspective of customers into the innovation process. The exchange of experiences with customers in open innovation workshops can be a very effective source of inspiration for your innovation team.
Youth studies
November 20, 2008 – 1:04 pm
For research specifically focused on issues regarding young people in The Netherlands, STBY has initiated a joint venture with Spunk (www.spunk.nl). This group of young, dynamic and highly talented journalists (16-19 years old) is perfectly suited to engage with other young people and explore their perspectives on various issues. STBY is intensively involved in the [...]
Egmont Innovation Bootcamp
October 30, 2008 – 4:07 pm
During a three-day workshop in Copenhagen for Egmont Publishers, we advised and trained 30 of their international Innovation Managers on how to use consumer research as input for their service innovation process. Together with our partners Radarstation and EDG we hosted a dynamic workshop programme that offered hands-on experience with consumer research and idea generation for innovative services.
Service Design Lab
September 27, 2008 – 1:34 pm
During the Picnic cross-media conference in Amsterdam (24-26 september 2008) we have hosted a Service Design Lab. In a 4-hour workshop program 30 the participants worked in sub-groups on new ideas for service innovation for one of Amsterdam’s local governments.
Heartlands User Forums
July 28, 2008 – 5:18 pm
Early July we organised five User Forums for Heartlands, the regeneration project in Cornwall we work for as Inclusive Design facilitators all year in 2008.