RAVENco.
Human-Centred Innovation Studio
People • Perspective • Place
We believe understanding people changes everything.
People leave signals everywhere.
Sometimes they're obvious.
But sometimes they're hidden in behaviours, routines, decisions and the moments that most people miss.
Those signals reveal when a moment matters.
They shape better products.
Better services.
Better places.
Better experiences.
Everything we create begins there.
We design for people & place.
We begin by understanding what people value.
We identify the moments that matter.
We recognise the signals that tell us when & where those moments are happening.
Then we design a response - products, services or experiences.
Sometimes our own.
Sometimes with others.
Current Projects
SLABsense
Home foundation monitoring.
Giving homeowners confidence through early structural insight.
Davidsons
Professional services strategy.
Helping a 120-year-old accounting firm evolve for an AI-enabled future.
Murphy St Studios
Boutique accommodation.
Designed for slow mornings, relaxed evienings and meaningful moments together.
The Places Project
Regional design collection.
Creations that reignite memories and reconnect people with their favourite places & experiences.
Rob Young - Founder
For 30 years, I've delivered, designed and led customer focused services and service improvements.
My roles included leading national service delivery teams, designing human-centred services and facilitating innovation workshops for CSIRO.
Today, that same thinking is applied through RAVENco ventures & select consulting projects.
My Training:
IDEO: Human-centred Service Design,
IDEO: Foundations in Design Thinking,
IDEO: Business Design,
IDEO: Ideas to Action,
IDEO: Insights for Innovation
AIM: Advanced Diploma in Management
Have an idea, a challenge or an opportunity? Let's explore it together.
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