International research about local visual cultures
One of our global clients asked us to help them improve their photography for wider international use. More representative of how people see themselves, and more sensitive to cultural nuances.
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The Reach School Programme
The Reach School runs classes for designers, researchers and leaders to learn from experienced practitioners about how to be an agent of meaningful change when …
What user-centred design can bring to public consultations
Some in the infrastructure, architecture and construction worlds don’t like or trust consultations. They can be seen as tick-box exercises that get in the way of…
Bike parking consultation in London
We recently finished some research for the Golden Lane Estate Residents Association. They have funding to improve bike parking on the estate. They want to involve…
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 …
Collaborating on research with a dispersed client 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…
Reflections on our series of published books
Our latest publication Catalysts: Thoughts on Design Research for Meaningful Change is part of a series of books. It is the fourth book about design research we published…
Catalysts: A Reach Network collaboration
In collaboration with partners from the Reach Network for Global Design Research we published: Catalysts, Thoughts on Design Research for Meaningful Change. …
Catalysts: Thoughts on Design Research for Meaningful Change
Creatives, designers and researchers often find themselves in the role of ‘Catalysts’ in complex change processes. This might be in projects commissioned by clients…
The books we read
At STBY we all love to read. Reading widely is not only pleasurable in itself, it also enables us to learn new things which often helps us to excel in our work. As design…
How to not become (too) cynical
As design researchers at STBY we are dealing with lots of complex issues and data. We are diving into root causes, problem areas and, luckily, also opportunities …
‘New’ Tools for Surveying in Design Research
While we tend to sway toward more qualitative methods at STBY, we have been increasingly doing more mixed-methods research. This includes incorporating a lot more…