About us
make:good is an architecture and design studio involving people in shaping neighbourhood change.
We believe in meaningful processes of local participation, bringing people together to collaborate on the future of an area and its built environment. We use our creative expertise to co-design local solutions as well as effectively communicate ideas and share insight. We encourage open dialogue, harness local assets, build relationships and support communities to create lasting social infrastructure in places.
Our approach
We design programmes of engagement that are effective because they include a range of activities that cover:
INFORM
Methods to inform people that the engagement is taking place.
INVOLVE
Activities to involve people and collect their insight and/or feedback.
INFLUENCE
Ensuring that the engagement outcomes influence the projects going forward.
IMPACT
Designing ways that the activities have impact both in the short and long term.
Meet our team
Catherine
Founder + Director
Catherine launched make:good in 2009 to bring together her architectural qualifications with her interest in people centred design. As well as working on individual projects Catherine leads on business strategy and vision as well as pushing make:good to consistently reflect and improve on our tools and approach to ensure that we deliver projects that are truly participatory and where local people have meaningful influence.
George
Director
George joined make:good in 2013 to take a lead on all our built work and physical interventions developed through our co-design process. A qualified Architect with 20 years industry experience, George’s expertise lies in taking ideas identified through workshops and engagement activities and transforming them into pieces that can be built.
Jasper
Associate
Jasper is an associate and Senior 2D Designer at make:good. Joining in 2015 he has worked on numerous engagement and public realm improvements projects where he has devised the engagement tools, delivered participatory workshops and then translated this work into semi-permanent and permanent interventions in the public realm.
Faz
Project Lead
Faz has a background in architecture, urban design and community engagement and his role is to ensure that the team is meeting the aims of the project brief set by the client and the local brief or priorities set by the community. Joining in 2021, Faz is skilled at taking complex information and producing clear concise materials which are accessible for everybody, with the aim of making our engagement work truly meaningful for local people.
Kate
Graphic Designer
Kate is a graphic designer with over ten years’ experience in creating engaging and lively graphics for digital and print. She excels in producing reports and infographics and her work is complemented by her background in and enthusiasm for illustration. She supports the team in producing strong, engaging, accessible graphics that are tailored to specific audiences.
Maddy
Engagement Designer
Maddy is an Engagement Designer with a diverse background in design and participation. She loves crafting meaningful experiences that inspire skill-sharing and bring people together. Maddy supports the team with facilitation and design, aiming to platform local ideas and knowledge to drive positive change across neighbourhoods.
Amina
Junior Project Manager
With a background of working with young people as well as designing workshops and sessions that keep young people engaged; she enjoys getting to know different people from different backgrounds to understand their different needs and ensure that they benefit from our work. In her own time she has launched Belong Kick to use sport as a gateway into engaging young people in conversation.
Lucille
Engagement Designer
Lucille's role as an Engagement Designer at make:good involves designing engaging programs and facilitating fun impactful public projects with local communities and young people on our projects. Bridging the gap between education and engagement she had led on writing and delivering programes focused on ensuring that the voice of children and young people are heard in our projects.
Cotton
Adorable Distraction
Cotton joined make:good in 2013. She plays a vital role in business strategy and adorable distraction.
Her duties include snoozing, greeting visitors, surveying her territory from the window, and plotting ways of taking out her nemesis: the printer.
Where we work
We continue to work across London with public sector organisations. This map shows where some of the boroughs we have worked because we are committed to working with London communities.
We continue to work across London with public sector organisations and this map shows where some of our projects are.
make:good brings extraordinary quality and inventiveness to the process of engagement, finding creative opportunities to enrich design development and elevate the process of urban regeneration well beyond any obligatory need to ‘consult.’
Alongside clear sighted sensitivity and respect for local communities they bring a joyful graphic quality to their on-site presence that has tremendous reach in public events.
They are particularly skilled at working with young people, and at Plumstead extracted vibrant colourful work from local school children that was able to be applied as considered and beautiful additions to existing infrastructure.
As a result the place in which those young people live now contains character which reflects this specific local community. Offering both celebration and a sense of ownership.
