How do people close to us see STBY?
An interview with the partner of one of our design researchers.
It is sometimes hard to explain what we do – especially to people who are less familiar with our field…
Marie de Vos
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…
Change in the public sector: Discussing European practices
STBY was invited by La 27e Region, the French national Laboratory for public transformations, to present at the opening of “Superpublic” – an exciting space…
STBY wins Rotterdam Public Design Prize
On the last day of January the Rotterdam Designprijs (decided by a jury) and the Rotterdam Design Publieksprijs (decided by public vote) were announced. Interestingly, both prizes went to product service systems.....
Interview in l’Atelier
In answer to Bas’s presentation at the Internet of Things, L’Atelier, a technology and innovation tracking unit, interviewed us about our railway…
Don’t you design chairs anymore?
The first issue of the CRISP magazine ‘Don’t you design chairs anymore?’ was launched at the design review session on 24/04/13. It focuses on issues concerning…
Service Design by Industrial Designers
In March 2013 this new book by Froukje Sleeswijk Visser was launched. It is a critical reflection on recent developments in service design, specifically on the consequences…
Service Innovation: facilitated by STBY
STBY enjoyed running a successful workshop last month at PICNIC's mash-up event in Amsterdam. The workshop focused on some of the Design Research processes we employed during the project we designed for Southern Water, and involved the participants in a a hands-on interviewing exercise during which they played the role of customers of the water company.