Standing Man & Co.

I’m taking a break and will be back in the studio on January 12, 2026.

Have a wonderful Christmas, New Year and holiday.

And please, hug your loved ones.

Designing services that work.

You probably don’t know that you need a service designer.

If you serve a citizen, patient, user, customer, client or patron (in other words; a human), I can help you to make sure that you are doing this really well.

A bit about me

My name is Douglas. I’ve been designing things and services since 2004.

I make shit better. Sustainably.

What I do

I help organisations design and deliver services that work by:

  1. Fixing existing services
  2. Creating new services
  3. Thinking through possible consequences
  4. Moderating creativity and decision-making workshops
  5. Talking about design and sustainability

How I work

It’s simple and adult:

  1. We meet and talk.
  2. We agree on a first step, which we then take together.
  3. We keep going. Or not.