Work

In our projects we design concrete yet bold solutions that are vehicles for social change. We work in a wide range of domains, from mental health to restoring biodiversity and everything in between.

Currently working on

Some of the projects we are working on right now.

Co Creating the City as a Classroom

Together with Stichting De Verre Bergen, we are working on The City as a Classroom, an innovative learning pathway in which primary school pupils in Rotterdam gain new experiences in their own city in a playful and educational way.

In co-creation with children, teachers, cultural institutions, and city partners, we develop teaching materials that align with the curriculum, are practically applicable, and offer meaningful experiences. By playing, exploring, and experimenting in their own city, children develop into curious and engaged Rotterdammers.

photograph by Hester Blankestijn

Designing a New Water System

The future of Hollands Noorderkwartier is marked by profound change. Water-system challenges are becoming increasingly intertwined with other societal transitions, such as the energy transition, freshwater availability, and the use of resources. This growing interconnection raises the question of how HHNK can continue to fulfil its public duty in the future, and how it can further develop and deploy its adaptive capacity to remain relevant to society in the long term (2050+).

In collaboration with HHNK, we are developing a concept and a vision for the future water system of Hollands Noorderkwartier in 2050 and beyond. The focus is on ensuring social and ecological justice in an uncertain future shaped by diverging and sometimes opposing dynamics.

Rethinking Diagnostics for Young People

This design research project focuses on renewing diagnostic practices in child and adolescent psychiatry. Rather than centering on fixed DSM labels, it focuses on the patterns in which young people become stuck, such as recurring interactions between behavior, relationships, and their environment. Together with young people, parents, and healthcare professionals, we develop alternative forms of diagnosis that better align with young people’s lived experiences and everyday clinical practice.

Building on the Patterns of Life model, the project explores how diagnostic processes can foster understanding, reduce stigma, and expand agency. Through research, user experience, co-creation and prototyping, we design and test concrete diagnostic processes and tools. At the same time, we investigate how design can support the adoption of new ways of thinking within a complex mental healthcare system.

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Ministry of Education, Culture and Science

How should the national government deal with information in the future?

Approaching 2030, the Dutch government will face increasingly complex challenges when it comes to information and information management. Reframing Studio was asked by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science to explore these challenges under the project name 'Future Lab'. The result is a vision on information in 2030, as well as concepts that put this vision into practice.

Team
Femke de Boer
Sal van Dijk

Publications
De informatiehuishouding van het Rijk in 2030

Further information
iBestuur magazine
Informatiehuishouding Rijksoverheid

challenge

Information is a broad concept, so the project spans a wide range if theme's and challenges. From addressing the ever growing amount of data, to guaranteeing authenticity, integrity and reliability of information. And from responsible use of new information technologies to discovering and addressing the relevance of future skills. Every civil servant, policy maker and politician processes and produces information. It is evident that the importance of good information management cannot be overlooked.

process

The first step in tackling this challenge was an exploration of the future context: what factors and driving forces influence information use in 2030? A broad range of experts, and literature was consulted; a deep-dive into the future of information. The next step was to establish the coherence between these driving forces, in order to gain a new perspective on the future context of information in society. Using this new perspective, we investigated how attitudes towards information are changing. This led to a question that is essential to all government activities: which public values will be under pressure as a result of these changing attitudes? Knowing this, which public values should be leading in dealing with information and what ethical aspects deserve extra attention? This path led us to the desired attitude towards information.

launch of the Future Lab field guide

developments

The future perspective on information, cast into a 'framework', combined with the desired attitude towards information, informs the development of new tools, routines, environments and job descriptions for the Dutch government. Reframing Studio has developed a range of these interventions, as well as four future scenario's that incorporate several interventions. These scenario's, along with the vision, were presented by Reframing Studio at several symposia for government employees. Furthermore, an in-depth report and a short animation was published under the name ‘Future Lab’ and distributed through the government-wide magazine iBestuur. Lastly, a two-year track of workshops and sessions with civil servants from all levels of government has led to the publication of the 'Future Lab Field Guide', a workbook for innovators in the public information sector.

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