Zooming out of User Journeys: Timelining in Design Research
During a recent team ‘Inspiration Session’ I trawled the backlogs of our team ‘SlackTack’ channel, where we share all things inspiring, thought provoking and (somewhat)…
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Magazine: Natural gas-free living in The Netherlands
The magazine ‘Aardgasvrij wonen’ (Natural gas-free living) presents the results of four related research projects that explored which considerations, issues…
Compiling global design briefs for the climate
As the global research partner of What Design Can Do, STBY conducted research on the impact of waste and consumerism on climate change and compiled a global design…
Book chapter: Streetlabs as a co-creative approach to Research Through Design
The book ‘Seeing The City, Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Study of the Urban’, provides an essential collection of methodologies for studying the city …
Engaging with health information during an epidemic
In 2020, in the midst of a pandemic that the world is trying to make sense of while living through it, STBY conducted two research projects on the impact and relationship…
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 the natural world.…
Emerging new rituals at STBY
In times of uncertainty people have a greater need for rituals, anthropologists have long observed. Covid-19 drastically changed the way we live and work around…
One of our latest publications: Explorers
Lockdown has been tough in many ways, but it has also allowed us to put our heads down and pull together our latest publication, Explorers: Thoughts on Mapping in Design…
Explorers: Thoughts on Mapping in Design Research
As designers and researchers grapple with more systemic issues, we need to hone our tools and refine our language. Visualising complexity is one of the key ways that…
‘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 challenge in 2018,…
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…