01Rain, risk & planning
weeks / seasons
Turn a shifting season into clearer decisions.
Explore lightweight ways to translate forecasts into timing, risk and a few practical options — without another dashboard.
Independent studio · Lilongwe / Berlin
Climate work, designed close to the field.
We explore how human-centred design, data and digital tools can support practical climate-smart agriculture.
Built for collaboration with
- Farmer-facing programmes
- NGOs & implementation teams
- Agricultural and climate researchers
Working themes · 01—10
Ten directions, one connected field.
A working map of the questions we find important — from the timing of rain to the quality of partnerships. These are directions for inquiry, not finished answers.
02Soil as infrastructure
soil / resilience
Make the resilience beneath a field more visible.
Connect soil condition to everyday crop choices and longer-term field care.
03Views from above
field / catchment
Use aerial views to change where people look and walk.
Shared maps can reveal erosion, water paths and patterns that are difficult to see from the ground.
04Water & micro-climates
lost / kept
Read where water is lost, held or redirected.
Bring local readings of dambos, slopes and riverbanks into practical landscape decisions.
05Seed choices
yield / risk / taste
Compare more than yield.
Make trade-offs around risk, taste, storage and habit tangible while respecting local knowledge.
06Farmer-led data
give / return
Build a useful return into every request for data.
Shape feedback loops where communities can work with patterns from their own observations.
07Youth & digital skills
phone / field
Connect the phone, the city and the field.
Explore roles for young digital stewards without defaulting to yet another app.
08From pilots to practice
test / learn / adapt
Design small experiments for reuse.
Look for tools, routines and ways of organising work that can be adapted beyond one short project.
09Partnerships & trust
clear / steady
Keep roles, promises and information flows clear.
Make the working relationship as considered as the tool, study or programme it supports.
10A living atlas
notes / atlas
Let small notes build a shared picture over time.
Imagine an evolving view of where climate-smart practices are being tried in Malawi and what people are learning.
A practical collaboration cycle
Make the work useful before making it bigger.
A simple structure for shaping research, programme and product collaborations around real decisions.
- 01
Ground the decision
Start with the decision people are trying to make, the conditions around it and the knowledge already in the room.
- 02
Make evidence legible
Translate research, local knowledge and field observations into a form that can be discussed, challenged and used without specialist language.
- 03
Test and adapt in context
Keep the first version small enough to learn from, then adapt the tool or process with the people who use it.
A useful starting point
Bring a live question, not a fixed brief.
The best place to begin is a decision that feels stuck: information that is not reaching people, a pilot that needs a practical next form, or a field insight that deserves closer attention.
Tell us about the questionJournal · Research & field notes
The thinking behind the themes.
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