Published in Pebble Design·Mar 7(DD#3) Pebbles Playbook HQOur own little universe of content — Another day, another drop Keeping in line with our approach for the year, we bring to you our third design-drop in the series. This one is short but packs quite a punch. Right into it The intention behind the article at hand is to launch our playbook HQ. This space will house our various playbooks and become…Strategic Design4 min readStrategic Design4 min read
Published in Pebble Design·Feb 20(DD#2) The fundamentalsA playbook for anyone working in design-led innovation. — Right into it The intention behind the article at hand is to launch our fundamentals playbook; a playbook that explores the fundamentals of the space such as terminology, frameworks, processes, principles and so on. The playbook is intended for anyone working in the space of designing products, services and ventures. Whether you are…Strategic Design9 min readStrategic Design9 min read
Published in Pebble Design·Jan 18(DD#1) The CornerstoneOur end-to-end design & innovation process — Right into it The intention behind the article at hand is to launch our design & innovation process, known to us as —‘The Cornerstone’. If you want to cut some corners and get right into it, you can check out and download The Cornerstone — here. If you want to learn more about…Innovation4 min readInnovation4 min read
Published in Pebble Design·Jan 17(DD#0) Pebble’s design-dropsBringing our approach to the page — Who we are Pebble Design is a Strategic Design & Product studio. Our aim is to help teams make great products, services and ventures. We do this by helping teams explore new concepts or improve and innovate on existing ones, guided by the lens of design-led innovation. Design-led innovation At Pebble, we believe that concepts…Product Management4 min readProduct Management4 min read
Published in Pebble Design·Jan 10Vigilante— Podcasts WrappedIf they don’t build it, we’d give it a go. — Podcasts wrapped By this point, most of us would have already seen Spotify’s brilliant, Wrapped feature and hats off to them — a masterclass in creating delightful things. And yet, for those of us who listen to podcasts, whether on Spotify or other platforms, the moment was bittersweet. …Podcast10 min readPodcast10 min read
Published in Pebble Design·Oct 17, 2022Validate, validateJust a tad faster — About two years ago we set out on an experiment to build a new kind of lost & found solution for the day-to-day. Something that would go against the grain and would do without the need for smart tech and expensive hardware. …Tech11 min readTech11 min read
Apr 16, 2022Ideas for a more interesting & meaningful SederOpening stanza: a kids Seder Last night we ran a kids Seder. Our parents were overseas, visiting our nan and so the job of planning and running the Seder fell upon us; and with it, the job of making it interesting, fun and meaningful. We come from a pretty informal, cultural family, which means that…Passover7 min readPassover7 min read
Published in Pebble Design·Mar 15, 2022What is Strategic Design — an AfterwordGetting your bearings A few weeks ago, we published a little piece about the topic of Strategic Design, the intention being, to better articulate the term and explain how it fits with everything else in the product and design world around it. As a result of writing this article, we had a whole…Strategic Design4 min readStrategic Design4 min read
Published in Pebble Design·Mar 2, 2022Solving wicked problems — the invasion of Ukraine.Watching the situation in Ukraine from our various corners of the world, many of us will feel the trifecta of — ‘feeling horrible’, ‘wanting to do something’ and ‘knowing that there is very little we can do’. After all, we are witnessing the unfolding and evolving nature of a new…Ukraine6 min readUkraine6 min read
Mar 1, 2022OutpourI walk down the street. It’s a quiet day today. The air is cold. I can see my own breath. It’s not too cold though, more refreshing — crisp. I rub my hands briefly and keep going. Today, there is nothing important that I have to do. The only thing…Ukraine2 min readUkraine2 min read
