Design and business strategy for leadership, innovation and sustainability

Bringing people together around the value and application of design. 

Whether it’s positioning brands, developing products or delivering services, we provide independent advice on best practice design management, developing design strategies, or embedding design culture. Because design decisions have important consequences, and achieving success is more complex than you might expect.

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Sound familiar?

// Plenty of ideas, but nothing seems to get done?

// Become too complicated, with people not understanding what you do anymore?

// See the landscape changing, but design isn’t even on your strategic agenda?

// Want to raise your sustainability credentials, but not sure what’s possible or credible?

// Bad experiences working with designers, and fear that happening again?

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The pre-design conversation: a brief before the brief  
The pre-design conversation: a brief before the brief  

Our ‘Design Serving Life’ materials are not a fixed set of tools, and they offers no easy answers or step-by-step solutions. Instead it’s a way to stimulate debate and facilitate questions about the wider dilemmas we face when designing.

Thinking in systems
Thinking in systems

Contemporary designers think in systems. They develop ideas that go beyond dealing only with materials, or products, or addressing symptoms, and instead grapple with the root causes of why things are not working.

Young designers and work experience
Young designers and work experience

Creative Directors from design agencies across Bristol and Bath gave their insights on how best to reach out to them.

User Journey Mapping: Walk in Their Shoes
User Journey Mapping: Walk in Their Shoes

With users in mind, role play the journey they will take in relation to your product or service.

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Step back

Let’s take some pressure off, address the priorities, and get on a strategic path, designing with a clear plan.

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Get prepared

We’ll define where you’re going and how to get there. Embed good design principles and structure for best practice.

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Stop tinkering

By establishing the right brief and finding the right designers, we’ll help you get to the next level.