Creative public engagement
Playful consultations, workshops and installations that help people contribute to decisions, with their responses brought together into useful findings.
Design Consultancy
I help organisations understand people, create meaningful experiences and improve how places, programmes and services work. Research, spatial thinking and playful participation turn a question into something we can explore and act on.
A starting point
Have a brief, a challenge or an early idea? A free introductory conversation helps us work out where I can help.
Who I work with
Find a starting point below. Every project takes its own shape.
01Creative + cultural organisations
Libraries, museums, galleries, festivals and arts centres.
Where I can help
Help people discover your programme, feel welcome and find meaningful ways to take part.
What I can offer
Audience research, experience design, participatory programmes and creative public engagement.
What it could look like
A playful consultation for a new library: inviting people to share what they need, gathering their responses into themes and recommendations, and building interest in what comes next.
An illustrative starting point02Public bodies + place teams
Local authorities, regeneration teams and organisations responsible for public spaces.
Where I can help
Bring local knowledge into decisions about places and services.
What I can offer
Creative consultation, co-design workshops, participant journey mapping and small-scale testing.
What it could look like
A pop-up activity in a town square where people can map everyday barriers, try out ideas and contribute to a clear brief for future improvements.
An illustrative starting point03Community + social organisations
Community centres, charities, social enterprises and local service providers.
Where I can help
Understand what helps people take part and where a service could work better.
What I can offer
Service design, accessible workshop formats, research with participants and programme development.
What it could look like
Working with a community centre to explore the journey from hearing about an activity to attending, then testing improvements to invitations, arrival and participation.
An illustrative starting point04Venues + independent businesses
Bookshops, visitor spaces, independent venues and businesses with a public-facing programme.
Where I can help
Create experiences that connect your space with the people you want to welcome.
What I can offer
Experience design, workshop programmes, events and spatial interventions.
What it could look like
A bookshop programme built around a particular audience, with a welcoming format, facilitated activities and feedback to shape future sessions.
An illustrative starting point
From an idea to a live settingDesigned.
Designed.
Built.
Put to use.
A stage shaped around the theme of Roots, brought from sketches through construction and into the live event.
See the TEDxGranada project ↗What I bring
Different approaches, brought together around the purpose of your project.
Experience design
Shape how people encounter a place or programme, from the first invitation and arrival to taking part and what stays with them afterwards. Explore event design and temporary spaces →
Audience development
Explore who you reach, who is missing and what gets in the way, then develop relevant ways to invite people in and build lasting relationships.
Service design
Understand a service from the perspectives of the people using and delivering it. Map the journey, identify barriers and test practical improvements.
Approaches in practice
Built work, public experiments and clearly labelled concepts that show how I move between research, ideas and delivery.
BuiltStepSeat
Observing how people use a place, testing a response and making something that fits into everyday life.
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Research + proposalSkate Lounge
A spatial idea taken into the street through posters and a playful survey. The proposed interior remains unbuilt.
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ConceptTerra at Fitzgerald Park
An academic proposal connecting a café, productive garden and gathering space within a public park.
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Unbuilt proposalWillow Pavilion
A living-willow performance space proposed around shelter, gathering and seasonal change.
Read the project ↗How we get started
Talk
Start with a free conversation about your aims, audience and context.
Scope
Agree the work, outputs, timing and fee in a tailored proposal.
Explore + test
Research with people, develop ideas and try them at an appropriate scale.
Put it to use
Bring the findings and designs together with clear recommendations for what happens next.
What would you like to make possible?
Arrange a free consultation ↗Looking to develop an artistic or community project together? Explore art + collaboration →