Strategic Design — Dave Remedios

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Strategic
Design

Four research-led projects that move from community insight to institutional change — combining systems thinking, co-design and strategic frameworks to tackle complex real-world problems.

Strategic Research Systems Thinking Co-design UX & Prototyping AI & Data Strategy & Delivery
Strategic Design 4
Discipline Systems Design · Service Design · Research
Institutions MSK · The New School · NYC · Parsons
Outcomes 2 endorsed for implementation, 1 capstone, 1 strategy pilot
Year 2023 – 2025 · Parsons School of Design, NY

Projects

4 case studies

Focus

Research to Delivery

Contexts

Health · Climate · Migration · Community

School

Parsons School of Design

Case Studies

Four projects.
Real impact.

04
EASE

01

Parsons Capstone · 2025

EASE
Your go-to companion for life abroad

A mobile platform addressing the emotional, logistical and social challenges faced by international students transitioning to life in a new country — built on 30+ user interviews and a co-design methodology.

Capstone Distinction
UX Research Mobile Design Co-design AI Integration Service Design
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The Point CDC

02

Community Design · 2024

The Point
Designing for The Bronx

A strategic design study of The Point CDC in Hunts Point, Bronx — mapping the economic ecology of a 16,000-resident community with 35.6% poverty rate and proposing interventions rooted in cultural identity.

Community Impact
Systems Mapping Community Research Economic Ecology Persona Design
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Memorial Sloan Kettering

03

Healthcare Design · 2024

Memorial Sloan Kettering
MSK Connect+

A peer-to-peer support network for cancer patients and caregivers — a complete implementation guide covering buddy-matching, caregiver programming, and a self-sustaining financial model endorsed for piloting by MSK leadership.

Endorsed for piloting
Healthcare Strategy Service Design Stakeholder Research Peer Support
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Safety First

04

Climate Resilience · 2024

Safety First
Designing for resilience

A human-centred approach to climate emergency preparedness at The New School, Manhattan — combining 138 survey responses, stakeholder interviews and a three-channel communication framework endorsed by the Assistant Director of Emergency Operations.

Endorsed for implementation
Climate Resilience Communication Design Systems Design Stakeholder Research
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01

Strategic Research

Primary and secondary research methodologies that build the evidential foundation for every design decision.

02

Systems Thinking

Mapping stakeholders, ecologies and feedback loops to understand problems at the scale they actually exist.

03

Co-design

Working directly with communities, clinicians and institutions to develop solutions that hold up in practice.

04

UX & Prototyping

From lo-fi sketches to hi-fidelity prototypes tested with real users — iteration grounded in feedback.

05

Strategy & Delivery

Proposals designed to be implemented — with financial models, roadmaps and stakeholder buy-in built in.

06

AI & Data

Leveraging qualitative and quantitative data alongside AI tools to surface insight and accelerate synthesis.

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