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.
Foundational Research for Multinational B2B Services
A multinational media conglomerate approached us to deliver two foundational research programmes amongst their customers. They wanted to identify strategic…
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 …
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…
How we learned about what drives donations
We’re working for a mental health charity who wants to know what they can do better for millennials as donors, and to encourage them to engage more with the work the …
Towards Better Digital Inclusion (Part 2)
STBY contributed as a research partner for a nation wide project ‘Tel Mee Met Taal Experimenten’ initiated by the Dutch Institute of Image and Sound (Nederlands …
Innovation for Culture in Mexico
Joined by various other partners and coordinators, including the British Council Mexico, Aura, Birds of Paradise and advisors from the Policy Lab UK and Design …
Co-creating neighbourhood participation
How to step up from the occasional neighborhood consultation to more ongoing neighborhood participation as part of a public space design project? This was the challenge…
Towards Better Digital Inclusion (Part 1)
Approximately 2,5 million people in the Netherlands still experience difficulties while using digital devices such as computers, smartphones or tablets (Stichting…
Learning by doing
The best way to learn a new skill or a new way of working is to actually do it. This does not mean however that you have to start from scratch and figure everything out by…