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What do we do

ABOUT

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Expertise

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Events

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Education

Expertise

At DiSC, we bring together the worlds of space and design. Our core team has extensive experience in design, research, and innovation projects across space and space-enabled sectors. 

How can we support you?

SPECIALIZED DESIGN CONSULTANCY

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Visual Design & Communication

Help to engagingly tell your story to customers, collaborators, and investors

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User Research & Requirement Capture

Deeper understanding of your users to ensure you meet their needs

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User Experience & Interface Design 

Creating intuitive services that are as usable as they are useful

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Future Foresighting


Exploring relevant trends and drivers to help you build your roadmap to a successful future

Business Model Design & Business Innovation

Shaping businesses in new markets and with emerging technologies

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Innovation Programme Development

Designing and delivering challenge-led collaborative initiatives to accelerate service development

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OTHER SERVICES

Connections

Linking you with the right people, skills, and perspectives

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Competence

Sharing tools and methods to strengthen your team’s knowledge.

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Consultancy

Providing tailored support to help you design, test, and scale solutions in the space sector.

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  • Companies: integrating human-centered design into space-related projects.

  • Universities: introducing new ways of teaching and exploring space innovation.


  • Institutions & agencies: seeking creative formats for dialogue and co-creation.

  • Individuals: curious minds eager to grow ideas, skills, and networks within the space world.

Who do we work with?

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Our members are at the heart of DiSC. Our events create spaces where designers, researchers, engineers, and policy makers come together to share, discuss, and co-create new visions for space.

Events

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DiSScuss

conversations with thought leaders, researchers, and practitioners shaping humanity’s future in space.

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informal online gatherings where community members share projects and ideas at the crossroads of design and space.

DiSCO (Open Mic)

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Design Breakfast

in-person networking events accompanying the biggest industry gatherings.

Innovation thrives in multidisciplinary environments. That’s why we run trainings, workshops, and events that bring together diverse voices from space and design to spark new thinking and collaboration.

We’ve built an extensive international network across both space and non-space industries, giving us the ability to convene unique perspectives and create learning experiences that inspire action. 

Education

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  • Courses & training: Professional courses for universities and companies, tailored to your needs, offering insights into User-Centered Design methodology and its application in the space industry.

  • Workshops: hands-on, interactive formats where teams can test, learn, and apply design thinking to real challenges.

What do we offer?

What is User Centred Requirements for Space Course About?

  • The course combines theory with hands-on practice across four modules:

    1. Research: tools, stakeholder mapping, personas, and a real case study.

    2. Analysis & Synthesis: turning findings into journeys, prototypes, and requirements.

    3. Collaborative Prioritization: using techniques like MoSCoW and prioritization matrices.

    4. Presentation & Discussion: sharing outcomes and reflecting as a group.

  • Participants will gain an understanding of how design discovery, user research, and facilitation techniques add value to space projects with a focus on sustainability. They will learn why incorporating user and stakeholder perspectives is essential in requirements development, and how a user-centered approach complements business viability and technical feasibility. The course equips participants with skills to bridge usability with business and engineering needs.

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