Human-centred design and innovation studio
London · working internationally
Philpott helps leaders turn ideas into inspiring experiences, brands, tools and frameworks that people can understand, trust and act on.
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For leaders responsible for transformation, innovation, sustainability, research engagement programmes and impact: when the work matters, but is not yet landing.
Selected organisations we have worked with and alongside.
Selected proof
CABI + Gates Foundation
We helped turn five and a half years of agricultural research across twelve countries and thirty-two organisations into the FAIR Process Framework: a six-step learning platform with workbooks, films and clear user journeys.
Open Data Institute
From creating the ODI brand in 2013 to shaping tools such as the Data Ethics Canvas and Data Spectrum, we have helped complex data ideas become recognisable, approachable and useful over a long-term partnership.
ADA.ADA.ADA
Research into Ada Lovelace became an interactive touring performance, participatory algorithm and learning programme designed to work across museums, schools, universities and corporate campuses.
What we do
These are not five separate services. Strong programmes often need several at once, held under one direction.
Frameworks, tools and platforms people can use without an expert beside them.
Identity, language and systems that keep their meaning—and that teams can use confidently.
Live, digital and physical encounters understood through participation, not presentation.
Reports, campaigns, films and publications that carry an argument to boards, funders, policymakers and the public.
Training, templates and programmes that leave people able to carry the work forward.
How we work
We find the real obstacle, agree the direction, build the right form, test it with people and leave the capability behind.
DIFFERENT WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER
Something important is falling short and the reason is still unclear.
A named problem, an aligned direction and a defensible brief.
A framework, brand, platform, publication, experience or learning resource needs to exist and be adopted.
One coherent, usable outcome delivered end to end.
Complex, evolving work needs continuity of judgement across strategy, brand and production.
Institutional memory, consistent output and growing internal capability.
About Philpott Design
We hold strategy, creative work, product thinking, experience design and capability building together, so the framework, story, experience and tools reinforce one another rather than arriving as disconnected parts.
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