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We help researchers and health professionals bring their knowledge to life through design
Bring knowledge to life
We use communication design to transform research and knowledge into engaging stories and experiences, helping people understand information and make better decisions.
The challenge of our time is not simply to produce more knowledge, but to turn our evidence into shared understanding. When research remains trapped in silos, it cannot shape the actions needed to address urgent challenges.
Today’s polycrisis is a crisis of communication, connection and collaboration. We make knowledge accessible and actionable, enabling better conversations and collective responses.
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.
Design is a research tool
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 new ideas, uncover unexpected insights and make complex concepts tangible.
We see design as a research tool, not simply a communication medium. Through creative inquiry, 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.
We design with people
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 us.
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.