Over the past decade, as more digital tools have become available for remote collaboration, and more organisations have embraced flexible working, teamworkers…
Learning about design and innovation when it is most needed: Now
The Reach Network of professionals in design and innovation has brought its seasoned practitioners from around the world together to create 5 masterclasses on …
Exploring listening experiences
Stations, the new app introduced by Spotify in the US, offers a radio-like listening experience for users who don’t tend to curate their own playlists and listen …
Speculative design with MSF
In collaboration with our Indian REACH partner Quicksand, we helped Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) to rethink their role as a global organisation within the future…
Collaborative R&D Labs
What Design Can Do and STBY have recently tried out a new format for bringing professionals together to develop their thinking and practices around complex societal…
Supporting the energy transition
As part of a large scale national program to transition the use of energy in the Netherlands from natural gas to electricity, the Dutch government is eager to learn…
Blending quantitative and qualitative research
STBY recently delivered two projects that involved a blended quantitative and qualitative approach. The first project, for a corporate client, studied the use…
Understanding Music Streaming for Kids
Spotify Kids is a new standalone app by Spotify, designed for families to enjoy a safe space to explore kid-friendly audio. Informing the development of this new …
Exhibiting Chiefs of Waste at DDW 2019
The installation Chiefs of Waste, by Shay Raviv and Dorota Gazy from STBY, presents a global investigation delving into the ever-changing worlds of waste pickers…
Update on the Clean Energy Challenge
The Clean Energy Challenge by What Design Can Do called on start-ups, designers and students from all over the world to rethink how we produce, distribute and use …
Farmers’ perspectives on water and soil management
STBY was asked to carry out an exploratory research to better understand the perspectives of farmers working in water catchment areas on the management of water …
Providing Research Support for the Affordable Credit Challenge
STBY worked with Nesta and HM Treasury to scope the problem statements and orchestrate partnerships for the recently launched Affordable Credit Challenge.