Notes and opinion from Studiomade

Shifting the paradigm of digital design for older people

To better serve older people, we want to rethink how we design for them. Age is not always the sole indicator of what a person wants from a digital experience.

What AI slop teaches the creative industries in 2026

AI can produce the average of everything that's already been made. It still can't tell you which idea is true for your client, right now.

Execution is too cheap to sell: an agency crisis.

As AI makes execution cheap and abundant, agencies that survive won't be the ones producing the most content they'll be the ones selling judgement, strategy and client understanding instead

Designing investor communications that generate interest

An annual PDF nobody reopened became a tool investors use all year, and it just won an award for it

Customer Experience, Consumer Duty and digital transformation: designing for change within finance

Consumer Duty and rising digital expectations are forcing wealth and asset managers to redesign customer experience around clarity, personalisation and trust.

Building a modern alcohol brand: what we learned launching our own

What building our own rum brand taught us about the trend we'd been advising clients on for years.

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Scaling your HealthTech? Six essential strategies for funding success

Six essential strategies HealthTech founders need to secure Series funding, from validating your problem and brand narrative to your commercial model and digital scalability.

20 questions for fund brands to ask creative agencies

20 detailed questions fund brands should ask creative agencies to properly evaluate their finance-sector design expertise, beyond standard pitch questions.

Raising investment? Five ways a strategic creative agency can get you ready

Five ways a strategic creative agency can strengthen your brand, digital presence and story to help you raise your next round of investment.

Could better digital design improve your customers’ experience?

Six reasons a UI/UX review and refresh can boost customer retention, business growth and brand perception, plus how the process works.

Three ways storytelling can elevate your digital health product

Three ways storytelling can build emotional connection, aid decision-making and create trust in digital health products