Reach — STBY
Global Design Research Network
REACH is proud to be an active partner in the new online training platform This is Doing where REACH partners are teaching new online courses drawing from their many years in the field. Anyone interested in learning more about innovation, design and research will probably find more exciting opportunities here than they may actually have time for.
The Care Lab is a collaborative platform of activists willing to start a movement to transform Care, driving change through human-centred design practices in the health, social and education sectors. Care is as an equitable, pro-active and compassionate experience that is accessible for all, and that forms an integral part of our everyday life, from birth … Continue reading “The Care Lab”
Design research offers critical new thinking and a refreshing vision with which to re-imagine future care services for everyone. Ageing and non-communicable diseases are straining healthcare systems and societies worldwide, with hospitals, care homes, communities and families struggling to cope. Design research explores the needs and perspectives of the chronically ill, but also their caregivers, … Continue reading “Compassionate Care”
New technologies, workspace design trends, shifting priorities and constantly adapting management strategies conjure both optimistic and doom and gloom scenarios for the future of work. Teams are ever more efficient, but often at the expense of a sense of meaning and connection to broader organisational and societal purpose. How can organisations, teams and individuals thrive … Continue reading “Meaningful Work”
People, governments and corporations around the world are waking up to the realities of Climate Change. Yet the harmful systems we have perpetuated are complex and intertwined, with lengthy legacies and deep roots. Driving change at various levels requires a thorough understanding of the systems in place, as well as an interdisciplinary approach. Design researchers … Continue reading “Healthy Planet”
Often Innovation can feel like a magical process. To someone working everyday surrounded the complex challenges of sectors like international development, these processes feel even further away. This isn’t because because practitioners aren’t aware – but more because practitioners are usually both time-poor and action-oriented
Studio José de la O is an interdisciplinary design agency specialized in innovation. The studio was founded in Eindhoven (NL), 2010 and relocated in Mexico City on 2013. We do not find any limitations on what can we do. By obsessively applying our values to any kind of project, we are constantly learning to dominate … Continue reading “Studio José de la O”
Paper Giant solves product, service and organisational challenges using design, research and strategy. We draw upon a diverse set of project experiences to combine these disciplines in different ways. We are human-centred and agile. We keep real needs at the centre of our projects, and we adapt our approach to the contexts and people we … Continue reading “Paper Giant”
Camila Boga and Kleber Puckaski (principals). Flutter Innovation is a networking enterprise. We imagine, design and build the future by bringing together highly skilled people. We are passionate about finding timeless solutions in collaboration with users and client teams. We work with institutions to foster innovation from concept to execution. We are inspired by nature in order … Continue reading “Flutter Innovation”
We help clients rejuvenate. Whether in their products, their services, their ways of working… we work with organizations to rediscover the joy in their sense of purpose. Over time, any organization can lose focus. Changes in economics, technologies, or political discourse can leave a vacuum between the organization and the customer. If internal ideas have not kept … Continue reading “Big Human”
Somia CX is a customer experience consultancy based in Indonesia and Singapore, serving international and local clients. We help brands and companies deliver meaningful, user-friendly, and enjoyable experiences for their customers. Our approach is insights-led, using real customer insights to drive creative and innovative design solutions that meet the business goals effectively. We approach experience … Continue reading “Somia CX”
Cal Bruns, Jason Coetzee, Paris Pitsillides (principals). Matchboxology are Africa’s oldest human centered design specialist with over a decade of experience across the continent. Based in South Africa, we offer a unique set of HCD tools and methodologies to help leaders and organisations change behaviours and systems on their mission to improve lives. Through ecosystem immersions, … Continue reading “Matchboxology”
Pamela Cajilig, Birdie Salva and Kristine Layaoen (Principals) Curiosity is a Manila-based design strategy consultancy dedicated to helping businesses, NGOs, and government create meaningful services by drawing upon local insight. We believe that by participating in people’s everyday activities, we can help decision-makers and designers create services that are powerful in enriching the human experience. … Continue reading “Curiosity”
For multinational companies seeking to balance global and local design needs. We train and coach design teams, product owners and others in how to apply the approach and implement an effective and sustainable Global Design Process.
For international non-governmental organisations seeking to proactively manage and drive innovation. A blended learning model that combines thinking and doing, customised to the innovation needs of INGOs.
The Reach Network organises its first event in India on 19 December 2015 in Bangalore, together with UnBox. Reach offers a hands-on exploratory workshop on the theory and practice of design research and thinking, facilitated by leading studios from the Netherlands & U.K. (STBY), Hong Kong (Apogee), and India (Quicksand) – all founding members of the REACH … Continue reading “Innovation through User Centred Design”
Date: October 25, 2013 09.00-13.00 Place: Design Academy Eindhoven, Emmasingel 14, Eindhoven, The Netherlands 9.00 Welcome: New rules of the game Design research is rapidly becoming participatory and collaborative: everything is co-X today and the notions of co-exploration, co-ideation and co-design are explored and applied around the globe and in various domains of business. What are the … Continue reading “GOOD Morning: Changing perspectives on empathy and participation”
Our company, which we named Re:public Inc., is not a design firm nor a research agency, but a think and do tank. As we have been involved in a discussion with the national government on Japanese innovation ecosystem, we have come to realize that often the culture of an organisation, a society, or a nation, is left … Continue reading “Re:public Inc”
IDSL – Nicolas Gaudron and Virginia Cruz (principals) – Paris (FR) IDSL is a product and service design consultancy based in Paris, specialised in interaction design, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), a consultancy on innovation and emerging technologies. IDSL applies a people-centred design thinking process to a variety of projects ranging from experience design, innovation strategy, R&D projects, … Continue reading “IDSL”
Tendril, a startup based in Boulder, CO, has developed a device that converts existing electrical meters into smart meters that can track customers’ energy use as frequently as once every few minutes. Working with utility companies, Tendril plans to introduce it to thousands of homes this year. The device could help speed the spread of … Continue reading “Dumb Meters Get Smarter”