The studio conducts the activity of design and research consultancy and development. In parallel with this, the studio explores, creates, divulgates, and tests future visions and experiences of technologies, products and services, and interactions.
values
Design meaningful products and interactions
Address societal challenges: deal with the complexity and navigate the uncertainty
Apply Conscious Design values, such as investigating equity, empathy, and socio-ecological principles at different levels in the design process
services
1. Design, consultancy, and product development
Support in product and product-system ideation, development and realisation, communication and visual design.
activities
_Primary research (topic scraping, data collection, etc.)
_Secondary research (desk research)
_User analysis
_User journeys
_Development, co-creation, and application of design tools and methods
_Prototyping (physical and digital)
_Testing (focus groups, pilot testing, user testing)
_Knowledge (workshops, hackathons, lectures)
typical outcome
_Reports (written dissemination of the project - research, findings, and results)
_Visual (renderings, 3D models, video or animated content)
_User journeys and interaction flow
_Prototypes (physical and digital)
_Technical documentation (drawings and technical sheets)
2. Research consultancy and development
Support in research, setting, planning, development and dissemination.
activities
_Need defining, User analysis, Context analysis, Benchmarking (research)
_Ideation (concept design, identifying design spaces)
_Design & Engineering (product development, CMF)
_Prototyping (physical and digital)
_User testing
_Communication and graphic design
typical outcome
_Reports, research visualisation and dissemination
_Scenarios and Artefacts, physical and digital prototypes
_Workshops and Hackathons
_New design tools and methods
3. Futuring practices
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Explore and anticipate the future of products and services.Rethink the present practice and strategies. Tackle global challenges.
activities
_Scraping and exploring emergent topics, future challenges and directions
_Development of scenarios
_Design Fiction (materialising, communicating, contextualising and testing future visions and not yet-existing artefacts)
_Knowledge (workshops, hackathons, lectures, envisioning and brainstorming sessions)
*** background method Protocol for Designing Consciously by Mila Stepanovic
typical outcome
_Scenarios (textual and visual narratives)
_Fictional prototypes (physical, digital, video or animated content)
_Reports (written dissemination)
_New design tools and methods
_Exhibitions
who can benefit
INDUSTRY
Commercial sector including agencies and companies, manufacturing sector.
RESEARCH
Research institutes and centers, academia, companies and agencies, and other institutions.
EDUCATION
Universities, companies and agencies, other institutions.