A collection of inspiring stories and perspective thoughts
Explore

SERVICE DESIGN
Enhancing Customer Experience Through Innovative Ticketing and Retail Solutions
A customer centred approach to fares, retail and ticketing for Transport for Wales.
READ MORE
SERVICE DESIGN
Travelling in a Woman’s Shoes
Understanding women’s travel needs in Ireland to inform the future of sustainable transport policy and design.
READ MORE
STRATEGIC DESIGN
Leveraging UX design to support textile suppliers in improving their water management practices
Developing a water stewardship toolkit to help textile suppliers implement water smart practises across their operations.
READ MORE
SERVICE DESIGN
EnTrade Service Design: Redefining user needs and interactions to trading nutrients across a new online marketplace
Enabling the sustainable financing and development of nature-based solutions across water catchments.
READ MORE
UX FOR THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT; SERVICE DESIGN
A digital vision for place making for an Eastern European city
How might we shape the future place experience connecting the surrounding landscape with citizen's changing needs and contemporary digital culture?
READ MORE
UX FOR THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
How might we help to humanise skyscrapers through digital experience design?
Making a more approachable and porous place, reframing heritage and promoting active lifestyles in the most sustainable tall building in the City of London.
READ MORE
STRATEGIC DESIGN
Enabling water smart communities
Designing for climate resilience through cross-sectoral collaborations
READ MORE
STRATEGIC DESIGN; UX FOR THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Unlocking barriers to adoption for building retrofit by understanding the customer
An exploratory study into how human-centred research and design methodologies can accelerate retrofitting ambitions.
READ MORE
DIGITAL PRODUCT
Exploring the use of concrete in the design of Wave Energy Converters
How might we make Arup’s specialist knowledge available to allow developers to make a stronger business case for concrete Wave Energy Converters (WECs)?
READ MORE
SERVICE DESIGN
Supporting decarbonisation policy in the UK
Reducing barriers to information sharing to support decarbonisation.
READ MORE
DIGITAL PRODUCT
Digital alternatives to report writing
Creating project outputs better suited to be useful to communities.
READ MORE
STRATEGIC DESIGN
Community-led urban futures
Creating thriving and sustainable communities by addressing flood risk management holistically.
READ MORE
UX FOR THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Creating a customer focused service for future bus services in Wales
Increasing demand for public transport while reducing operational costs.
READ MORE
STRATEGIC DESIGN
An Experience Strategy for the 21st Century Museum
A strategic approach to technology and organisational practice to enable the V&A signature to emerge.
READ MORE
STRATEGIC DESIGN
A new vision for the central library in Sheffield
Providing meaningful library services and architectural solutions through public engagement.
READ MORE
UX FOR THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Working Towards the Streets of the Future
Putting forward human-centred technology and design concepts that make city streets more comfortable, efficient, and safe.
READ MORE
UX FOR THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Unlocking the potential of Citizen Wi-Fi to create thriving communities
How digital infrastructure and services can improve a citizen’s experience of their town centre
READ MORE
DIGITAL PRODUCT
Harnessing Solar Energy to Reduce Diesel Dependency
How can digital tools support the transition to more sustainable energy in remote locations?
READ MORE
DIGITAL DISCOVERY
Using New Technologies To Improve Communities' Flood Resilience
Resilience is good honest communication with at-risk areas.
READ MORE
STRATEGIC DESIGN
Six Spatial Typologies to Recalibrate Work, Life and Place in a Post Pandemic World
Catalysing social innovation into a place-making strategy.
READ MORE
DIGITAL PRODUCT
Co-designing Public Realm Spaces in Hounslow Using Augmented Reality
Utilising emerging technology to engage with seldom heard groups to improve public space
READ MORE
SERVICE DESIGN
Guiding Railway Innovation: A Toolkit for Creating Customer-Centric Services
Supporting railway companies in envisioning their future customers and integrating CX insights into every decision.
READ MORE