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We use design to help you tackle global challenges
We bring knowledge to life
Design Science is a communication design studio working with researchers and health professionals. We develop systems and environments that bring knowledge to life.
In science, health, education and ecology, the challenges we face are rarely caused by a lack of data. More often, they stem from a lack of shared experience and shared understanding.
When complex truths are misunderstood, society and systems fail. Shallow lies spread faster than deeper truths, research remains locked in journals and academic silos, and the policy changes we need cannot move at sufficient speed or scale.
The polycrisis is not a crisis of knowledge, but a crisis of communication and collaboration.
What
Our work encompasses and integrates a range of design services including strategy and service design, digital and web design, as well as support for online communications, exhibitions and interiors.
As digital tools become more powerful and dominant we have built up our network to support a richer understanding of data while maintaining clarity and simplicity in our work.
As digital tools become more powerful and dominant we have built up our network to support a richer understanding of data while maintaining clarity and simplicity in our work.
Our approach
We don’t just communicate research outcomes. We use design as an active partner in discovery. Through prototyping, co-design workshops and empathetic communications, we surface core ideas, uncover unexpected insights and make complex concepts tangible.
We see design as a research tool, not simply a communications tool. Through rapid iteration, public participation and close collaboration, we improve both the research process and its impact.
Science turns ideas into knowledge. Engineering turns knowledge into utility. Design transforms both into human behaviour and real agency.
What we value
We champion collaboration, inclusion and co-design. We listen carefully, pay attention to detail and search for knowledge and understanding in everything we do.
We seek partners who share our commitments to social justice and environmental responsibility.
And we believe media and technology should foster engagement, respect, care and connection – between people and with the world around them.
Our history
Design Science started as a research group connecting designers from Central Saint Martins and science communicators from Imperial College London. We launched with a lively debate that revealed wide gaps in understanding between these two communities – emphasising the need for collaboration and interdisciplinary practice.
Since our foundation, we have worked with hundreds of researchers and organisations across the UK, Europe, Africa and Asia. We tailor our team to each project, balancing creative and technical skills to tackle any design challenge.
Bring knowledge to life.