Schools and Education

A design sprint with the University of Surrey and We Job Box

University Programme | University of Surrey | June 2026A Double Diamond design-thinking workshop that refused to let teams jump to solutions — built around...

Build a Bamboo Bike: our challenge for 100 young people with We Job Box

Employability Programme | Virtual campus | October 2025Our first We Job Box session — a sustainability challenge run twice to 100 college students aged...

Psychology students, prison case studies: our Aston workshop with We Job Box

University Programme | Aston University | June 2026Second-year psychology undergraduates spent two and a half hours designing behaviour-change solutions for real problems from our...

Sustainability and entrepreneurship with We Job Box: the Digital Futures Accelerator

Employability Programme | Digital Futures | February 2026Two sessions in a day, twenty-five young people each, on a DSIT-funded programme evaluated by Aston University.

Aston Martin Engineer's Path Led Back to BBC

The Colleague Who Wouldn't Stop Talking About Their Bike Somewhere in Aston Martin's engineering offices, a conversation happened. An engineer mentioned — probably not...

Prisons Minister Endorses BBC's Build to Bond

The Minister Who Said Yes James Timpson is not a typical prisons minister. Before entering government, he spent decades as CEO of Timpson Group...

We opened our doors for the Blackhorse Lane design weekend

Over one September weekend, anyone who walked past our Walthamstow studio could pick up a piece of bamboo and have a go at building...

Regina, Canada: supporting a school build from 7,000 km away

Context Most of our schools work happens in the room: an instructor, a bench, a class of students. But the method travels. When a...

Frame-building in Stoke: two college groups, a public masterclass, and Brilliant Bamboo

In early March 2025 we spent three days in Stoke-on-Trent teaching people to build with bamboo — first two groups of further-education students, then...