Studio Culture is a 2019 report by Andrew Nott and Tom Bradley that examines how to maintain healthy studio culture for designers working in multi-disciplinary teams. They interviewed 100 designers across various UK studios to understand their perspectives. The report is organized into 6 chapters that cover topics like sharing work habits, collaborating across teams, building healthy teams, working with other disciplines and clients, effective communication, and leadership influence. The goal is to provide guidance to design studios on fostering positive culture even as teams become more distributed.

1. Studio Culture
Andrew Nott & Tom Bradley
2019

2. Tom Bradley
Design Director
Code Computerlove
Andrew Nott
Creative Director
BBC

4. Where the project came from
Who we spoke to
What did we ask?
Making sense of it all
6 chapters
What next?

6. Complex business
Large team of designers
Team distributed across the UK

7. Variety of clients
Small team of designers
Complex business
Large team of designers
Team distributed across clientsTeam distributed across the UK

9. “Is it like this everywhere?”

10. 100 Shapes Normally Code & Theory Rufus Leonard
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11. How might we maintain healthy and vibrant
studio culture, while designers work primarily
in multi-disciplinary teams?

14. What did we ask them?

15. What is studio culture?
Why is it important?
What works? What doesn’t?
How do you build it?
What will change in the future?
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17. Making sense of it all

19. We should make the film we’d have
liked to have seen before starting our
first creative leadership role

20. LEADERSHIP
INFLUENCE
Day one

22. 6 chapters

23. 1
Habit of sharing
and routines

25. 2
Collaboration with
other designers

27. 3
Building teams
and team health

29. 4
Working with other
disciplines and clients

31. 5
Communication

33. 6
Influence leadership
and environment

35. What next?

39. codecomputerlove.com
bbc.co.uk/gel

40. Thank You
Andrew Nott & Tom Bradley