Services for Universities, Institutions, and Government
At Atelier‑RE, we collaborate with universities, cultural institutions, and public agencies to design products, programs, and data stories that make cultural and civic infrastructure more visible, legible, and actionable.
We partner with clients who are navigating questions like:
☑ How do we understand where culture and creative economies are heading?
☑ How do we map our cultural assets in ways that communities recognize themselves in the data?
☑How do we design civic platforms that are legible to both policymakers and neighbors?
☑How might an institution’s archives, data sources, GIS layers, and lived experience become a single narrative instead of separate systems?
Every engagement is grounded in human-centered design, agile product practices, and a commitment to equity in how cultural value is made visible.
Service Area
Ideal For
Example Outcomes
Strategic Design & Product Consulting
Deans, directors, program leads, CIOs
Product roadmaps, cultural asset maps, accessibility-informed UX and IA reviews
Workshops, Studios, and Labs
Centers, institutes, departments, city teams
Hands-on labs, shared asset maps, data storytelling toolkits, innovation pilots
Speaking & Public Programs
Conferences, symposia, lecture series
Keynotes, guest lectures, moderated panels, convening design
Partnership & Program Design
Multi-partner initiatives, labs, grant projects
Lab/program concepts, governance models, multi-year implementation plans
Our Methodology
Rediscover
- Stakeholder interviews and listening sessions (faculty, staff, students, community partners, or agency teams).
- Landscape and precedent review across cultural, civic, and academic contexts.
- Early mapping of assets, constraints, and opportunities (including existing data and platforms).
Reframe
- Define core questions, audiences, and success metrics with a small working group.
- Co-create a shared vocabulary around cultural assets, equity, and impact so that data and stories can align.
- Draft a clear problem statement and design principles to guide all subsequent work
Redesign
- Facilitate working sessions and studios to generate concepts for products, programs, and data stories.
- Rapidly prototype user journeys, information architectures, and visualizations using tools like GIS and mindmaps
- Test concepts with representative stakeholders and refine based on feedback.
Activate
- Deliver roadmaps, playbooks, and visual artifacts that institutions can implement and maintain
- Support with training, documentation, and internal facilitation to embed practices in existing teams.
- Offer ongoing advisory support to adjust strategy as programs, data, and partnerships evolve.
A research studio at the intersection of product strategy, cultural infrastructure, and data storytelling. Interested in how we can work with you, book a consult below!
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