About Us

Paul Barnett
Managing Director
Paul is an entrepreneur, strategic advisor and impact designer with experience in research, government and industry.
Laura Kostanski
Lead Designer
Laura is a design practitioner, facilitator and complex systems expert with a background in research, government and industry.
Sara Pateraki
Designer
Sara is an experienced service designer with a background in social innovation and a drive to create meaningful and inclusive experiences for people.
Kate Milton
Continuity Manager
Kate is a communications and operations specialist with experience in research, industry, and the innovation ecosystem.
Kyle Kessler
Designer
Kyle is an accomplished business strategist and formidable doer of things with experience in industry, international development and policy.
Roberto Persivale
Designer
Roberto is a versatile systems thinker with business model innovation expertise across government, industry, and startup sectors.
Rachel Stevens
Designer
Rachel is an experienced product and services designer with a background in user experience and graphic design.
Sebastian Tan Castillo
Designer
Sebastian is a well rounded designer and design thinker, with a strong background in product design and visual communication.
Chloe Sterland
Designer
Chloe is an experienced human-centred designer, with a deep understanding of product, service and social design.
Nick Sabulis
Designer
Nick is a well-versed product designer with a diverse skillset in industrial design, communication and visual design.
David Ireland
New Products and Ventures Advisor
David is an experienced entrepreneur and investor across commercial, government, and not-for-profit sectors.Our services
We have designed and refined our services to help you address whatever scale or type of challenge you have. If there is a way to innovate your solution, our services will get you there.
Innovation Practice
We work with you to understand your current problems or opportunities. We then harness our global network of inventors and innovators to provide ideas and prototypes that can be piloted, refined, and scaled.
Corporate Education
We design and deliver highly experiential accelerator programs, corporate incubators, challenges, and hackathons that help build your capabilities and solve complex challenges and opportunities.
Impact Design & Management
We have methods to efficiently design your pathways to impact as well as the systems to measure and motivate behaviours that can accelerate impact delivery and reward/manage progress.