ThinKINg

Here we showcase our thinking in the form of blog posts, lecture notes and the like.

  • Design Age Institute Pathfinder Pop UpFebruary 15th, 2024

    Team portrait! Attended pop up of pathfinder projects at Design Age Institute, RCA, Fiona helped run the Innovate UK transport and mobility competition for this and worked on Centaur project, mobility device fit for 21st Century. Photography credit, Adam Hollingsworth

  • ‘Out of Office’, guidance on working from home as we ageJanuary 15th, 2024

    At the Design Age Institute (DAI) I commissioned the Out of Office report to look at how homes offices can be designed to meet people’s work needs as they age. This is more sustainable as we age for design for planet. The report was researched and written by Dr Katherine…

  • Coaching Design Thinking CourseJanuary 30th, 2019

    Spent past two days as a coach with Design Thinkers Academy, facilitating lovely, diverse bunch of people who all want to learn design thinking and apply it in their organisations.    

  • In Vietnam facilitating Creative Hubs: Learn ProgrammeNovember 16th, 2018

    In Vietnam this week, working with creative hubs from across the country as part of the Creative and Cultural Hubs Vietnam Programme with #British Council and #Nesta. Delivering with Nesta’s Head of Innovation Development Glen Mehn. Very diverse set of creative hubs who…

  • In Ghana, training local Nesta AssociatesSeptember 8th, 2018

    In Ghana this week with Nesta and the #British Council training local #Nesta Associates to run the Creative Enterprise Programme with fashion focused enterprises at Tentmaker Ghana. The local associates will continue to scale the CEP Programme in West Africa in Nigeria and…

  • One Year with Creative Entrepreneurs in Four ContinentsJanuary 31st, 2018

      Creative Enterprise Workshops: Chile, Colombia, Malaysia, Nigeria and Ukraine Post it notes used: 5000 Creative enterprises worked with: 95 Temperature: – 20 Ukraine to + 40 Chile “This is extreme work-shopping”, joked Sonja Dahl, Nesta’s, Head of Learning…

  • Launch of EQUA Aq (air quality) IndexApril 2nd, 2016

    The new Equa Aq (air quality) Index provides consumers with the true picture of car emission levels, their impact on air quality and how polluting the car they may want to purchase is. Kin Branding have developed the product branding, name and identity for the Equa Aq Index.…

  • A little but important symbol
    A little but important symbolAugust 21st, 2014

    We’ve successfully registered Kin so we can add the ® symbol to our trademark. When you come up with a new name and identity, it’s important to be able to protect it and own it.

  • Welcome to Kin
    Welcome to KinAugust 20th, 2014

    Hello and welcome to Kin. Myles Consulting has re-branded to Kin as we decided it was time to practice what we preach and create more distinctive branding for ourselves. We chose the name Kin as it’s short, warm and we like the sense of building relationships that Kin…