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The Research on Research Institute is transforming research systems and cultures, ensuring that academia and research funders have the evidence to unlock the full potential of the US$3 trillion invested globally in research for public good.
Since 2025, we have collaborated with the Research on Research Institute (RoRI) team to reimagine how they communicate their work, supporting their global vision and mission.
Working closely with the team, we redesigned and rebuilt their website while refining their logo and visual identity to better reflect their mission and support their future ambitions.
The original RoRI logo was linear and flat. We redesigned it as a playful and colourful set of interdisciplinary building blocks – an identity that reads as ‘research reflecting on research’, with the ‘o and i’ representing the digital and quantitative nature of meta scientific inquiry.
“The behaviour of a system cannot be known just by knowing the elements of which the system is made”
We expanded the identity into a comprehensive guide and toolkit, showing how the new visual language works across physical and digital touchpoints.
The new website gives RoRI a hub for resources, projects, news, events and team profiles.
We also embedded a not-for-profit chat engine into their site to help visitors discover the diversity of RoRI’s work.
Custom publication templates support working papers, impact reports and a range of insight and policy documents showcasing the key actions and findings of RoRI’s international research teams.
“Thanks to colleagues at Design Science for helping out so diligently to get this report over the line on time… I think it looks fabulous and hopefully will make a lot of noise. MUCH appreciated, in both style and substance!”
The toolkit includes a suite of bespoke illustrations designed to communicate the themes and emotions underpinning the research. We used visual metaphors to illustrate how metascience shapes, influences and strengthens the broader landscape of scientific research.
Our work also included developing infographics, icons, presentation templates, as well as creating graphics for the team’s stationery and social media channels.
Metascience is often understood as a way to make research more efficient and effective – more bang for your buck. But in an age of deepening ecological crisis and social division, efficiency alone is not enough.
How might design and metascience help researchers transform scientific cultures and systems, not just for productivity, but for more inclusive and flourishing futures?
The twenty-first century research environment is shifting towards more-than-human practices. It is not only embracing generative technologies and data-centric inquiry, but also confronting deeper questions about value, viewpoint and the philosophical foundations of science.
If you’re exploring the edges of science, systems or society – and wondering how design can support your work – we’d love to hear from you.
