Our work

Selected challenges

Every engagement begins with a situation that needs clarity — and ends with designed solutions. Here are some of the challenges we’ve helped navigate.

Manufacturing · Design Transformation

The Glass Manufacturer That Discovered Design

A specialist manufacturer needed to shift from a production mentality to a design-led, customer-centred approach. Their product development was ad-hoc and dependent on a few key individuals.

Approach

Process mapping using proprietary visual tools, interviews across leadership and production teams, surfacing hidden innovation practices.

What emerged

A visual map of their actual innovation process — revealing they had unconsciously outsourced a critical capability. This triggered a strategic reassessment of partnerships.

Family Business · Generational Transition

A Century-Old Manufacturer and The Estimator

A 100+ year-old family manufacturer was navigating generational transition. A key figure — “the Estimator” — held critical knowledge that didn’t appear on any chart.

Approach

Deep process mapping, multi-stakeholder interviews, identifying informal knowledge networks sustaining the organisation’s decision-making.

What emerged

The “Estimator” was revealed as the central innovation broker — fundamentally reframing how the company understood its own capabilities.

Public Sector · Complex Problem

From Wicked Problem to Design Brief

A public sector organisation had tried multiple approaches to a complex social problem and failed. Standard methods weren’t working.

Approach

Co-creation sessions with diverse stakeholders, visual scenario generation, creative reframing through design-led facilitation.

What emerged

Three actionable challenge frames — replacing one overwhelming “wicked problem” with three design briefs teams could work on.

Agri-food · Strategic Opportunity

Nine Opportunities from One Conversation

A Cretan agricultural business wanted to grow but couldn’t see beyond its current operations.

Approach

Business situation mapping, opportunity identification, strategic framing — all within a single structured session.

What emerged

Nine distinct business opportunities — giving the founders a portfolio of strategic options rather than a single path.

F&B · Experience Design

Experience Before Opening

A new food and beverage venture had a strong product concept but hadn’t designed the customer experience.

Approach

Service design principles, experience mapping, touchpoint design — all before the doors opened.

What emerged

A complete experience strategy — a deliberate design of how guests would feel, not just what they would eat.

Your challenge

Every situation starts differently. The first step is always the same.

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