The Burofile

What’s happening? its 2013….

andyharrold — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:24:30 +0000

Can’t believe its another year done. BuroDT are very busy trying to land a number of projects. Last year was spent dealing with a lot of proposal writing – a bit of waiting – plenty hot air- some small engagements and then our interesting and now well established relationship with a specialist Whisky retailer. Its [...]

Design’s Tower of Babel

Michael — Wed, 30 May 2012 09:36:39 +0000

The School of Design, Glasgow School of Art, have launched a new Design Glossary to “help both students and design practitioners navigate the increasingly complex vocabulary, diverse practices, approaches and disciplines that constitute design education and the design professions today.” The glossary was researched, collated and part-authored by myself, the experience of which [...]

We now live at ’118 South Block’ in the Merchant City, Glasgow.

andyharrold — Fri, 04 May 2012 14:54:48 +0000

At the beginning of February 2012 we moved into our first studio. Potential partners and clients should feel free to come over for a visit. Just get in touch first.

Design is Given the Chance to Justify its ‘Thinking’

Michael — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:21:08 +0000

I was fortunate enough to have spent my weekend at the Global Service Jam organised in Glasgow by the excellent Snook, a service design company aimed at transforming people and services in the public sector. The event brought people of various professional backgrounds together to share and grow ideas for services over [...]

Changing the Culture of Public Services

Michael — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:14:37 +0000

I attended the Herald Society Awards and Idea Exchange 2011 at the Radisson back in November of last year with a view to absorb the great initiative, heart and drive in the work that many people around Scotland are doing now to tackle social issues. I was also there to represent what [...]

What a Difference a Day Makes

Michael — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:55:00 +0000

Two of our team delivered a ‘day of discovery’ research session (that ultimately came to 3 hours!) to gather insights for the design of a new range of buses… but to discover the bus drivers’ perspective. The principle behind such a short engagement was to provide an empathic understanding of the experiences [...]

The Story of ‘Craft’ in the Food and Drink Industry: ‘Craft’ is better, right…?

Michael — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 23:47:34 +0000

This is the quandary we at Buro have found ourselves sifting as part of our design research for a Scottish Brewery. Early on, one of our participants commented that he would “expect ‘craft beer’ to be cloudy and full of twigs”… not a universal opinion but it highlighted how different individuals have [...]

Mr Cameron, it’s time to get the designers in

Buro Design Thinking — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:08:07 +0000

Mr Cameron, it’s time to get the designers in.

An article in the Guardian with the above title has called for the introduction of designers in the strategic development of policy within Government citing the influence of Sitra, the innovation fund in Finland. Justin McGuirk provides a good sell for Strategic [...]

Our House is Your House (the Buro Design Hub)

Sundén Daniel — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 08:38:16 +0000

At Buro DesignThinking we believe that great things happen when great minds get a chance to meet and collaborate, this is as true for ideas, design process as well as collaborations in a rapidly changing marketplace. Sometimes this can be accommodated for digitally, but there is still a lot [...]

brand driven innovation

Buro Design Thinking — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 12:14:06 +0000

Interesting movie project which I think will be a must see for any DT practitioners and their clients. Will this prototyping evidence chime with the BuroDT ethos & focus on managing business through use of the 4 drivers of design; design as good business; design as differentiator; design as integrator; design as transformer. [...]