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Build your team's competence in Innovation & Design thinking

Everyone can learn something new!  Maybe its a boost for your design skills or a kick start for your innovation?

Our experts deliver value on topics such as branding, product design , UI/UX and design thinking.

We deliver our training programmes, seminars and workshops to Universities, start-ups and companies using a mix of online and hands-on experience.

Training Programmes

Get equipped for innovation! Our group programmes help individuals and teams grow. From brand creation to product design, UX, marketing, and design thinking.

Instructor led Seminars

Whether you strive to explore a new area, build skills or set a new design direction, our senior design leaderswork with you to build your knowledge and skills.

Practical Workshops

Workshops build your practical skills and confidence, individually and within teams. All our workshops can be tailored to best support your next steps.

Training Programmes

On-site development programmes for your team
Skill-up in branding, product design, UX or design thinking

We support individuals, teams and organisations to grow. Our customers centre around start-ups and incubators but we also design workshops and training sessions for teams in product centric businesses.

Our programmes offer you and your company to increasing your competence in areas of design and product innovation. From early brand strategies to product design, UX , branding and design thinking

Skill-up in branding, product design, UX or design thinking

We support individuals, teams and organisations to grow. Our customers centre around start-ups and incubators but we also design workshops and training sessions for teams in product centric businesses.

Our programmes offer you and your company to increasing your competence in areas of design and product innovation. From early brand strategies to product design, UX , branding and design thinking

Instructor led Seminars

In person lectures and training for your team

Our in person seminar modules help your team learn new skills together.  We offer our seminars for different
sized audiences, from small teams to larger groups, on your premises or off-site.  Our instructors are experts
in their fields with typically 15 years of practical experiences to share.

UI / UX

Introduction to User Experience (UI/UX)

Overview
Who's it for?
Takeaways

Course description

Learn the basic arts of UI/UX design. The UI/UX diciplines presents a design-centric approach to user interfaces and user experiences. Our senior UX designers will introduce you to established methods in the field. The course covers:

♦ An introduction to user inteface design
♦ User centered design techniques
♦ User research & prototyping
♦ UX design roles and deliverables
♦ Use cases illustrating where good UX builds success

Course details

Duration: 1 full day or 2 half days
Method: Workshop and seminar in person training or online

Who should take this course?

This course is suggested for individuals and/or teams that are keen to understand and benefit from UI/UX design principles.

We can also offer the course tailored for start-ups who see a need for a more practical understanding of UI/UX principles.

Prerequisites

No prior knowledge is required.

Key takeaways / skills

After this course you will have a deeper knowledge of the priniples of UI/UX design, both in theory and practise.

♦ UI flows and wireframing
♦ User research
♦ User journeys and scenarios
♦ Tools & techniques
♦ Intro to prototyping

UX Prototyping

Overview
Who's it for?
Takeaways

Course description

Learn the power of prototyping and explore the various methods available. Our experienced designers will share their approach and focus on how to validate product ideas and design solutions with the use of prototypes and user tests. This training will introduce a range of tools and methods. With a focus of learning about the set-up and skills, framing the problem and catering for user needs, you will come away from this course with an understanding of UX prototyping as a competetive edge for your product, service or business. 

Course details

The format is best suited for F2F training and includes both seminar and course work elements.

Duration: 1 full day or 2 half days

Who should take this course?

This course will help selected individuals or full teams learn the basics and use of UI/UX prototyping.  Typically this course benefits mid to large sized companies, however we can cater for start-ups with a need for general understanding of prototyping.

Prerequisites

No prior knowledge is required.

Key takeaways

♦ Introduction to methods and tools to build prototypes; test user journeys; and build scenarios
♦ Research set up (in brief)
♦ Iteration process to test concepts

Visualisation

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3D introduction

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Design

Introduction to Industrial Design

Overview
Who's it for?
Takeaways

Course description

Take a first step into the world of Industrial Design – the professional practice of designing products, devices, objects and services to be used by millions of people around the world every day. Our senior experts have solid experience from the field, and will walk you through both the benefits and pitfalls in the physical appearance, functionality and manufacturability of a consumer product.

You will also see how, when executed well, Industrial Design transforms to real lasting value, user experience and brand loyalty – cues that are fundamental for making a product stand out, be competitive and form a foundation for a successful business.

Course details

Duration: 1 full day or 2 half days
Format: Workshop and seminar training in person or online

Who should take this course?

This course will help selected individuals or teams to understand and benefit from industrial design principles.  This course will benefit anyone working in a service or product centric company.

Prerequisites

No prior knowledge is required.

Key takeaways / skills
 
After this course you will have a deeper understanding of industrial design, a knowledge of the design process, and the available tools throughout the creative phases.  

♦ Mapping of user needs
♦ Manufacturing conditions / producability
♦ Materials and tooling
♦ Cross discipline communication
♦ Minaturisation

 

Hardware prototyping

Overview
Who's it for?
Takeaways

Course description

Learn about the basics and the possibilities before preparing your design or tech idea for the next step. The course will cover material choice, methods of production, and MVP (minimum viable product) to get you the answers you need in product development. 

Course details

Duration: 1 full day or 2 half days
Format: Workshop and seminar training in person or online

Who should take this course?

This course will help product owners, project managers and developers increase their understanding of successful hardware prototyping.

Prerequisites

Our “Introduction to Industrial Design” course.

Key takeaways / skills
 
After this course you will have a deeper understanding of hardware prototyping as part of your innovation development. We walk you through the possibilities and strengths of different prototyping methods so that you and your company can take an informed decision when going into prototyping.

♦ Intro to HW tools
♦ MVP prototypes
♦ Material choice and effects
♦ Use in reasearch

Branding for Success

Overview
Who's it for?
Takeaways

Course description

Learn the basics of how to shape a brand and visual identity for your company and its products. Through hands-on work led by our senior experts you will be introduced to useful tools such as the brand canvas. The course will be tailored to fit your specific needs – allowing for break-out sessions to mature brand work on your company or start-up. 

Topic areas

♦ Dechipering brand strategy & management.
♦ Visual brand language / identity
♦ Brand name
♦ Trademarks
♦ The brand canvas

Course details

Duration: 1 full day or 2 half days
Format: Workshops and seminar training in person or online

Who should take this course?

This course is suggested for individuals and/or teams that are keen to learn the practicalities of branding and how to bring it to market.  We see the strongest benefits for smaller companies and start-ups.

Prerequisites

No prior knowledge is required.

Key takeaways

An introduction to branding and how can it help you building your business.

Skills

♦ Brand strategy & management.
♦ Visual brand language and identity
♦ Brand name
♦ Trademarks
♦ The brand banvas

Introduction to Design Thinking

Overview
Who's it for?
Takeaways

Course description

Open your eyes for succeeding with design development, strategy and innovation. Design thinking is a methodology of problem solving that relies heavily on human empathy and is a creative mindset that can bring diverse groups together to formulate a strong plan forward. 

We will introduce you to the five stages in the design thinking method,

♦ Empathy
♦ Definition
♦ Ideation
♦ Prototyping
♦ Testing

Course details

Duration: 1 full day or 2 half days
Format: Workshops and seminar training in person or online

Who should take this course?

Everyone!  This course can be tailored to be applicable in your industry and show the power of design thinking in your specific business. 

Prerequisites

No prior knowledge is required.

Key takeaways

An introduction to the tools, method, and skills to utilise design thinking everyday – whether it is to re-think a product or re-design a leadership group.

Practical workshops

Hands on learning in a collaborative environment

Our in person workshops help your team learn new skills together.  We offer our workshops either to augment seminars
or as standalone activities for different sized audiences, from small teams to larger groups, on your premises or
off-site. Our instructors are experts in their fields with typically 15 years of practical experiences to share.

Workshops

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Overview
Who's it for?
Takeaways

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Course details

Duration: 1 full day or 2 half days
Format: In person or online

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Prerequisites

No prior knowledge is required.

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Industrial Design for Manufacturing

Overview
Who's it for?
Takeaways

Course description

Learn about Industrial design through lectures and hand-on Identification of target groups, problem definition and ideation.
Our senior tutors will guide you through the initial design process, design phase towards understanding of producibility.

Methods like sketching, scenario building, 3D models (CAD ) to Rapid prototyping
and the manufacturing phase.

Course details

The format is best for F2F traning and includes both seminar, workshop and course work elements.

Duration: 2 full days or 4 half days
Format: In person or online

Who should take this course?

This course is open for Large and midsize companies with individuals or team with an engineering and project managemnet roles.

It also helps engineers in Start ups to get a better cross-functional output.

Prerequisites

We reccommend participants have completed our “Industrial design Introduction” course.

Key takeaways

♦ Intro to mapping of product requirements
♦ Manufacturing conditions / producability
♦ Materials and tooling
♦ Cross discipline communication
♦ Minaturisation

Visualisation

Coming soon

We’re still working on this course! 

If you are interested in this area and want us to accelerate please get in touch below !

3D

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Branding

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Digital Marketing

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Prototyping: Tools and How to

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Design thinking

Overview
Who's it for?
Takeaways

Course description

Learn about design and how it can transform the way leading companies create value. Our Senior creators will show you how the focus of innovation has shifted from being engineering-driven to design-driven, from product-centric to customer-centric, and from marketing-focused to user-experience-focused.

To enable this we teach design thinking in lectures and hands-on assignmnets at the core to create effective strategy development and organisational change. You will get the chance to do a deep dive into a real or imaginary product/service of your choice. 

Course details

The format is F2F traning and includes both seminar, workshop and course work elements.

Duration: 2 full days or 4 half days
Format: In person or online

Who should take this course?

This course is open for teams within medium to large companies that are keen to learn about Design thinking as a method. You will get the opportunity to try it with your team on a chosen product, service, or task.

It also caters to Start ups team that has embarked on their journey to launch a product/service.

Prerequisites

No prior knowledge is required.

Key takeaways

Introduction to Design Thinking as a method. 

Examples to learn from hands-on experience of the method with a team on a chosen issue, product, service, or seed.

Get your team equipped for innovation

We are happy to offer bespoke training in many other areas.  Please don’t hesitate to contact us for a more detailed proposal, or if you have a design related need not listed below.

  • User Experience
  • Industrial design
  • UX Prototyping