open studio

A Different Way to Commission Design.

Open Studio is an opportunity to bring a challenge, question, condition, idea, or desired outcome to my design studio—and explore what could be designed to change it.You don't have to know exactly what you need.You just need something you're ready to think differently about.

WHAT IS OPEN STUDIO?

Bring the Question. Let's Design the Intervention.

Open Studio is where I work with organizations and groups to explore situations that call for something new.I'll apply my Conditions & Capacity Framework to understand what is happening, what's influencing the current situation, and what might be possible.From there, we determine whether an existing intervention fits—or whether something new needs to be designed.The goal isn't to prescribe a solution before we understand the situation.The goal is to design the right intervention.

WHAT CAN YOU BRING?

You Don't Have to Have the Answer.

Bring me:A question you can't answer.A problem you haven't been able to solve.A condition you want to change.An outcome you want to improve.A gap you haven't figured out how to address.A challenge you've tried to solve before.An idea you want to develop.A situation that needs an intervention.You don't have to know what to call it. You just have to know something needs to change.

WHAT MIGHT WE DESIGN?

The Intervention Could Be Anything the Situation Calls For.

  • A program.

  • A framework.

  • A tool.

  • A curriculum.

  • A process.

  • An experience.

  • A model.

  • A research initiative.

  • A community intervention.

  • An organizational intervention.

  • Or something that doesn't exist yet.

That's the point of Open Studio. We don't choose the intervention first. We discover what the situation calls for—and design from there.

THE DESIGN PROCESS

From Situation to Intervention.

WHO IS IT FOR?

For Organizations and Groups That Are Trying to Change Something.

Whether you're trying to solve something, improve something, understand something, build something, or create something new, Open Studio gives you a place to bring it.

APPLY

Have Something to Bring to the Studio?

Tell me what you're working through.The application gives me enough context to understand what you're facing, what you're trying to accomplish, what you've already tried, and what you'd like to explore.I'll review your submission and determine whether it's a situation I can meaningfully engage.

Explore My Portfolio of Interventions

SEE WHAT CAN BE DESIGNED

The work in my studio takes many forms—programs, frameworks, tools, experiences, models, and more. Each intervention is designed in response to a particular question, challenge, condition, or possibility.Explore the interventions I’ve designed for people, organizations, and society.

Meet The Designer

Christin Farmer

Welcome to my world! I have over ten years of intervention design experience. My work is designed with better living, working, doing, being and thinking in mind. I redesign the things that aren't working well in our society. It is my great joy to share my passion and gift with those who also want to make the world a better place.