Mental health is a major issue affecting the UK population. 25% of people in Britain will experience mental health problems every year…
Refining our social innovation model
In April, when we set out on our first year of our research and development partnership with the Nominet Trust, we had in place a pretty robust six stage social innovation model, which we had been evolving and refining over several years of work in behaviour change and product design…
I’m Still a Plastic Bag
Our 2007 I’m Not a Plastic Bag project with Anya Hindmarch was, at the time, hugely successful. We applied our product-centric …
A bit of new radicalism
It has been great for We Are What We Do to be included in the Britain’s New Radicals list, launched …
Research
Designing products that empower parents
Insight report exploring the parenting journey, the associated feelings, thoughts, desires and behaviours, a review of the sources of support throughout. Plus …
Research
Driving continuous improvement: Insights from funding social tech
Commentable version here. Report giving a set of 5 insights and 8 practical recommendations on how funders and social organisations can …
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5 ways to use the Social, User & Financial Value Model for social innovation
Paper by Nick Stanhope, in partnership with The Nominet Trust, exploring five specific ways in which the Social, User & …
Research
Taking a User-Centered Design Approach with the US National Archives
Historypin began working with the US National Archives in 2014 to take a user-centered design approach to cultural heritage and …
Research
Survey of products and services which promote wellbeing
Evidence for interventions to improve wellbeing (mindfulness, gratitudes, awe and optimism) and examples of products and services which facilitate these. …
Research
Survey of Existing Consumer Products and Services which Reduce Food Waste
Report broken down by the six stages in the domestic food cycle including summary highlighting common themes and relative effectiveness, …
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The Incidental Effect
Paper exploring new methods in behaviour change.By Nick Stanhope
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Reconnecting
Paper exploring new methods in behaviour change. David Robinson