Design
The five skills product designers need to create more impact
On the surface – strategy, communication, collaboration, facilitation and adaptability don’t sound like core skills of a product designer. To create impac...
Business Strategy
New tools can break down cultural barriers to change
Tools embody working practices. New tools can disrupt working patterns and foster practices that overcome organisational inertia caused by routine and ing...
Design
New SXSW, same old app
The tang of BBQ is still fresh in my nostrils, and I can still feel the wind blowing through my hair from whizzing around Austin’s streets on an electric ...
Design
Where has the force gone?
If the history of the web is all the Star Wars films, are we currently in the shit second trilogy?
Design
What is design, anyway?
As the baton of design leadership at Made by Many passes onto a new generation, the moment has given me pause for reflection. What does it mean to be a de...
Business Strategy
What making can teach you that strategy can't
Digital goals are often best discovered, and achieved, through the process of making – not upfront strategic planning.
Business Strategy
Creating a digital business intelligence venture out of the Cannes Lions Festival
Made by Many, in partnership with Ascential, the parent company of the Cannes Lions Festival, has launched a digital database of inspirational advertising...
Design
Getting to grips with product design
As a digital designer, growing up in London, I have always been inspired by the power of design, and the influence it can have in changing behaviours.
Design
The portfolio you send is not the one you present
How to make your design portfolio work for you
Design
How to run a sketch session
Design
What we mean when we talk about ‘Product Feels’
‘Product Feels’ grab people by the heart and make them feel something every time they use a product.
Design
Riffing on Design
During my heady student days, I spent most of my time (and student loan) travelling up and down the country playing guitar in a pop-punk band. Rather than...
Design
The Chameleon Effect: Designing products that users can relate to
You’ve probably experienced this: Listening to someone who has a different accent than you, maybe when visiting another country or watching Goodfellas for...
Design
Principles for encouraging customers to buy more than an exhibition ticket
Lessons learned from designing for cross-sells with the Royal Academy of Arts
Technology
If infinity is possible, anything is possible
A short overview of a trip to Malmo, Sweden where the Many attended this fantastic conference that blew their minds.
Business Strategy
Innovation labs: best practice
The second volume of our report on innovation labs presents a broader collection of contemporary best-practice knowledge, gathered from our discussions wi...
Business Strategy
Asking the big questions about innovation labs
Innovation Labs are a hot topic in business at the moment — but what’s the best way to launch and run one? What are the biggest challenges to success, the...