Welcoming Alejandra Ramon as a strategic designer
We are excited to welcome Alejandra Ramon to the Unbeaten Studio team as a strategic designer. We have known each other since the first year we live in the Pyrenees and always have been looking to find ways to collaborate.
We are re-designing our design studio
You are so busy working (for others) and doing the day to day things, that you forget to really work on yourself. Doing your own branding is hard, because you are emotionally attached to your own business.
The benefits of working & living in a village with 31 inhabitants
Working in solitude or in a small community creates opportunities that make you rush less, focus more and reflect deeper. In this blog I share some insights on living and working in Usana.
Design studio in Nature, a shift in perspective
We won’t be going back to what used to be called “normal” life anytime soon. With “we” I mean society in general and us in particular.
Working parents/ living outside of the system
A lot of people tell us that we are living the dream life. If the dream life is not being stuck in a system that demands 2 full time jobs, 2 kids, a mortgage, two (lease) cars and the stress and expectations from society/ peers that come with that. Then yes we live a dream life.
Why working remotely works for us
Re-designing your life is one thing but then executing your new life and build a steady remote working business is another thing. it takes time & effort.
Remote Design Thinking. How does that work? Part 1.
A lot of designers & design thinkers used to say that design thinking does’t work in the online world…
I cried over the Covid-19 crisis, maybe you should too
On Friday March 13 we quarantined ourselves, on Sunday March 15 the state of emergency was declared in Spain, on Wednesday I burst into tears. Why?
The influence of Friso Kramer (1922-2019) on me as a designer
Last week the Dutch designer Friso Kramer passed away on a respectable age of 96 years old. It struck me suddenly how big his influence was on me as a designer.
Meet our Unbeaten Manifesto
Last week we had a design session amongst ourselves to find out two things…
Our design process as a design studio.
Having a clear design process is key for running our design studio. Our process originated in our design thinking background.
Unbeaten Studio, a design studio in nature.
Waking up in the morning to the sound of birds singing, watching foxes run in the fields while enjoying breakfast and having the mighty Pyrenees as your backyard sounds like a scene from a movie.