Making past research more accessible to teams
One of our clients realised they had a problem. They didn’t know enough about all the past user research the organisation had done to date. They had made an audit of …
collaboration
Collaborating on research with a dispersed team
We’re working with a start-up client who is expanding quickly. They have a successful product but wanted help with launching in another country and finding opportunities…
Guiding a Strategic Innovation Journey
A large multinational supplier for the automotive industry wanted to develop its own way of developing new ambitious propositions for the future.
DIY Toolkit
Initiated by Nesta and made possible by The Rockefeller Foundation, STBY and Quicksand have edited and designed the DIY Toolkit. DIY stands for ’Development Impact and You’. The toolkit is primarily meant for practitioners in international development.....
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, GOOD is coming to …
New opportunities for chemistry database application
In collaboration with Elsevier’s service design team, STBY conducted design research to identify new opportunities for a database application used by …
Design Driven Business Innovation course
Following up on the success of our annual master course together with the Business School of the University of Amsterdam, we have the opportunity to again offer an…
Using service design to create an innovative working culture
STBY was asked to carry out service design research to support an initiative aimed at creating a more future-oriented, open and innovative working culture at the The National Institute for Sound and Vision.
What Design Can Do For The Climate
How can designers tackle a problem as complex as climate change? That was the question we were faced with when we partnered with What Design Can Do to do the research…
What makes a home?
This is the question IKEA and its designers feel they must continually seek an answer to, if they are to succeed in their ambition “to create a better everyday life …
Lead… and let go
In our projects we often help clients to innovate by doing design research together. This usually includes qualitative research and co-creation sessions, in which…
Creating more value by taking the time to engage
Recently I co-organised the Masterclass “Effective Implementation of Innovative Product Service Systems”. The masterclass was dedicated to share and discuss…