Local Peoples is a strategic co-design studio, using human-centred design (HCD) to add economic, social and environmental value to organisations.

We’re excited to be launching
our Canberra studio.

Our key focus is to help government departments to confirm that the policy intention of products and services continues to solve the right problems and serve users as originally intended (or even better). A big part of our expertise is also to help government agencies avoid unintended consequences along the way.

More soon

We solve business and social challenges through research, strategy and the confluence of spatial, visual and digital design.

We’re proud to publish Matters Journal, a weekly digital and biannual print publication telling interconnected stories from the worlds of arts, design, technology, health, food and the environment.

We use design to:

Create
people-centric
places

Better understand
and describe the
world around us

Develop new
products, services
and ventures

Bring people
together in
shared experiences

Inspire a creative
generation of
problem-solvers

Help brands
find their
true expression

We believe what we design should be a step toward the future that we want to inhabit: a more social, sustainable, informed, inspiring, cohesive, considered, equitable and empathic world.

That’s why our projects are judged on how they create beneficial social, environmental and economic outcomes for our clients.

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Local Peoples is a certified B Corp

At the heart of creating meaningful design is consideration and empathy. In following a human-centred design process, we put the end user’s needs and desires at the heart of all of the brands, services and experiences we create.

We have a proven track record delivering complex design, research and strategy projects with some of the world’s biggest organisations.