Service Robots – here to help?
A thought sparked by the publication ‘Our work here is done: Vision of a robot economy‘, edited by Stian Westlake from Nesta: Discussions around robots…
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Improving bicycle parking at train stations
Bicycle parking at train stations in big cities is an increasing problem in the Netherlands. A lot of travellers park their bikes along the streets and footpaths …
DIY toolkit – 1 year old
The DIY toolkit we created with Nesta and Quicksand last year has just passed its first birthday. And what a year it was! Since its launch the website has had 350.000…
Design Driven Business Innovation
Following on the success in previous years, STBY again co-organised and co-lectured the third edition of this 8-week master course at the Business School of the …
Mutual benefits from minimal delays
Delays in train departures from stations are a nuisance to many, such as train travelers and staff working in trains and stations, but also others stuck in traffic…
Innovation Accelerator for teachers
We are proud to announce that the Innovation Accelerator toolkit aimed at teachers in primary, secondary and vocational education has just been launched.
Exchange about state of the art service innovation
We were honoured to welcome a delegation of Japanese business visitors to our office in Amsterdam. They were interested to learn more about our pioneering…
Family Oriented Services
STBY has recently completed a design research project for an international communications company focusing on family oriented services.
Successful family oriented…
STBY at the Global AirRail conference in Oslo
STBY presented the case study of a 2013 project where the customer perspective served as the catalyst for innovation and cooperation in between two large transport companies in the Netherlands.
STBY delivers a guest lecture for MBA students at Imperial College
STBY was invited to deliver a guest lecture at the Imperial College in London as part of the Service Design module for the MBA students of the Business School.
Working together with Google
STBY and Google have recently completed a 6 month collaboration. Together with a new product development team at Google, STBY conducted two design research projects.
The future is here – Wearable technology
STBY was commissioned by an international technology company to take a closer look into how people use current wearable technologies, in order to identify opportunities to deliver improved, differentiated, innovative and meaningful experiences in the future.