How to shift a system through design
To change a system is a long term effort. It can only happen gradually, over time. With our research for What Design Can Do design challenges, we contribute…
Understanding new forms of care in times of an pandemic
Early 2020, the Covid-19 global pandemic quickly spread and affected the lives of billions around the globe, including the members of the Reach…
Beyond Human Centred Design
COVID19 has given the world the time to rest, and the opportunity for us to rethink the way we live. It has also revealed how inseparable we are with…
‘No place for sex trafficking’ program
This week the No Place for Sex Trafficking website launches in the Netherlands. This is the result of the What Design Can Do (WDCD) No Minor Thing …
Let’s Talk Maps and Mapping
Interested in mapping services, ecosystems, stakeholders and beyond? Join us as we explore how other disciplines approach mapping and what we can take away as design researchers and service designers.
The Subspecies of Design Researcher
As a design research agency, STBY has worked with design researchers of many shapes and sizes. While the role of ‘design researcher’ becomes more common and recognised as a formal position in many different types of organisations, it’s worth reflecting on how we all work and the unique skills and attitudes needed in different settings.
Making do and getting by with the climate
More and more members of Spring House in Amsterdam are involved in climate related projects. Does their increasing knowledge about the climate…
Art and cutting-end technology as means to evidence injustice
How to use art and new-media as a mean to collect and articulate the evidence of social or ecological injustice? New technologies such as 3d modelling…
GOOD is coming to London again!
As the founder and partner of REACH network, STBY is happy to announce that following on the success of previous related events around the world,…
Combining digital and physical diary methods
Recently we carried out a study with a mix of three of the most used and recognised qualitative methods: a diary study, in-depth interviews, and…
A New Breed of Design Research Tools
Gone are the days of lugging around clunky recorders, hefty cameras and brick-like hard drives to interviews and observation sites. The design researchers of today need only bring along a smartphone hooked up to a few complementary gadgets and software to capture and save quality audio, video and images.
Rigorous documentation: A research superpower
When research activities get going in earnest, a lot is produced. If treated too casually, the mass of audio files and transcripts, flip-overs and mini-posters full of post-its, photos, interview notes and feedback mails can quickly turn into a massive hairball that no-one can unpick.