Name

Codesign-it

Legal name

Codesign-it

Website

https://codesign-it.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Innovation Consulting

NAICS

Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416), Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (541), Scientific Research and Development Services (5417), Convention and Trade Show Organizers (561920)

SIC

Services-Management Services (8741), Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812)

akta.pro primary industry

Conflict Resolution & Negotiation (EDABAMAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Policy Management, Training & Ethics/Whistleblowing (BPAEAPAI)

Keywords

• Collaborative innovation services
• Innovation lab design
• Facilitation consulting
• Co-design methodology
• Collaborative workshops

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Professional Services — Collaborative Innovation Consulting: Core revenue stream from delivering collaborative innovation projects including Innovation Labs setup, facilitation workshops, innovative project management, and facilitation services to partner organizations. Teams are assembled specifically for each client project.
2. Training and Certification Programs: Revenue from certified training programs including the DipCo (Diplôme Codesign), in partnership with CNAM and CRI. Programs cover facilitation skills and collaborative innovation methodologies.
3. Product Sales: Revenue from proprietary tools and products including YUGAMI pretotyping kits, SCRIBETALK collaborative solutions, PLUME mobile panels, and MINIMUM modular furniture. Products are available for purchase by organizations seeking to implement collaborative practices.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Codesign-it is a collective of independent professionals that designs and delivers collaborative innovation services to large private and public-sector organizations, including the setup of internal Innovation Labs, facilitation of co-design workshops, project accompaniment, graphic facilitation, audiovisual production, and residency programs. The collective complements these services with proprietary tools and products (YUGAMI, SCRIBETALK, PLUME, MINIMUM, OUTDABOX) and methodology frameworks (Lab Framework, Approche Parkour, Carnet de Résidence), and runs the DipCo (Diplôme Codesign) professional certification in partnership with CNAM and CRI.

Product overview

Codesign-it is a collective of independents offering collaborative innovation services and proprietary products. Their product portfolio centers on five core branded offerings: YUGAMI (pretotyping tools for co-design), SCRIBETALK (graphic facilitation and video solutions), PLUME (mobile erasable panels), MINIMUM (modular collaborative furniture), and OUTDABOX (prototyping flight cases). These are complemented by three methodology tools: Lab Framework, Approche Parkour, and Carnet de Résidence. The company also offers professional services including innovation labs setup, workshops, innovative project management, graphic facilitation, audiovisual production, and residency programs, along with training programs such as the DipCo (Diplôme Codesign) university degree in partnership with CNAM and CRI.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• YUGAMI: Range of tools designed to facilitate co-design processes, formalize and test ideas quickly, and enable hands-on collaborative work. Offers 6 pretotyping languages as ways to materialize and explore project facets.
• SCRIBETALK
• PLUME
• MINIMUM
• OUTDABOX
• Lab Framework
• Approche Parkour
• Carnet de Résidence
• DipCo (Diplôme Codesign)

Products and services

• YUGAMI A range of tools that facilitate co-design processes, help formalize and test ideas quickly, and enable hands-on collaborative work. YUGAMI offers 6 pretotyping languages deployable as a pop-up design-test laboratory for organizations running co-design programs.
• SCRIBETALK A suite of collaborative solutions that combine graphic facilitation and video to make complex message communication accessible. Codesign-it accompanies clients through co-design to produce a customized, engaging, and educational product for each engagement.
• PLUME (Lightweight Ultra-Mobile Erasable Panel) A lightweight, ultra-mobile, erasable panel that functions like a larger, more practical whiteboard for collaborative spaces, designed by Codesign-it for workshop and lab environments.
• MINIMUM (Modular Collaborative Furniture Range) A modular furniture range of wooden modules and standard containers designed to promote collaborative work situations. Configurable into auxiliary seating, erasable work surfaces, mobile printing/production stations, and foldable lockers, allowing real-time reconfiguration of workspaces.
• OUTDABOX A set of 6 flight cases for upstream prototyping, enabling teams to quickly make concepts tangible in the form of videos, 2D & 3D supports, spaces, web interfaces, and complex systems.
• Lab Framework A methodological model developed through accompaniment of nearly 50 internal innovation labs in the private and public sectors, articulating 11 essential domains (intention, teams, governance, place, equipment, methodology, finances, ecosystem, impact, activation, services) as an evolving system for Lab actors; available in detailed and canvas versions.
• Innovation Labs setup and accompaniment End-to-end design, setup, and ongoing accompaniment of internal collaborative innovation labs within client organizations, including team assembly, governance design, and activation. Built on the Lab Framework model refined through nearly 50 lab engagements.
• Collaborative workshops (Ateliers) Designed facilitation of collaborative sessions and workshops for client organizations, using co-design, sociocratic, and inverted-pedagogy methods to accelerate projects, resolve complex problems, and develop participants' collaborative capabilities.
• Graphic Facilitation (Facilitation Graphique) Real-time graphic facilitation services that capture and structure collective discussions through drawn visuals, offered as a standalone service and as a dedicated training program.
• Conduct of innovative projects (Conduite de projets innovants) Project accompaniment and management of innovative initiatives for client organizations, leveraging the collective's Approche Parkour methodology and a project-specific multidisciplinary team.
• Residency programs (Résidences) Structured residency engagements for client organizations, guiding practitioners through observations, arbitrations, and tests via the collective's Carnet de Résidence methodology. The program also serves as the on-ramp by which prospective members join the collective.
• DipCo (Diplôme Codesign) Certification Program Professional certification in collaborative innovation, delivered in partnership with CNAM (Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers) and CRI (Centre de Recherches Interdisciplinaires), using inverted pedagogy. Targeted at facilitators, designers, coaches, consultants, and innovation practitioners, with 100+ participants to date.

Quantifiable outcome

• Facilitated the creation of the first collaborative innovation lab in France at Airbus in late 2008, which subsequently expanded to three devices.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CNAM (Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing academic partner for the DipCo (Diplôme Codesign) certification program. CNAM co-delivers the professional certification in collaborative facilitation and co-design methodologies. Also partners on the 3-year 'Innovation Labs' research program alongside the DICEN-IdF and Lirsa laboratories.
• CRI (Centre de Recherches Interdisciplinaires)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner in the DipCo program and the 'Innovation Labs' research program. Contributes interdisciplinary research perspectives to the collective's methodologies and training programs.
• DICEN-IdF (Dispositifs d'Information et de Communication à l'Ère Numérique)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch laboratory (CNAM) co-leading the 3-year 'Innovation Labs' research program with Codesign-it, focused on analyzing the impact of innovation labs within organizations. The program examines typology, ecosystem structure, effects on innovation, and performance metrics.
• Lirsa (Laboratoire interdisciplinaire de recherches en sciences de l'action)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInterdisciplinary research laboratory (CNAM) co-leading the 'Innovation Labs' research program alongside DICEN-IdF and Codesign-it, examining the impact, models, and performance of innovation labs in organizations.
• Université Paris V DescartesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFormer academic partner for the first edition of the D.U. Codesign (Diplôme Universitaire), before the program transitioned to CNAM and CRI partnership. Mentioned in early DipCo program history.
• ValeominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnterprise partner in the 'Innovation Labs' research program, providing access to their innovation lab for research purposes. The group of participating companies does not include direct competitors to enable free and open exchanges.
• AirbusminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnterprise partner in the 'Innovation Labs' research program. Airbus was also the site of the first collaborative innovation lab in France (late 2008) and has since expanded to three devices.
• Française des Jeux (FDJ)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnterprise partner in the 'Innovation Labs' research program. FDJ hosts the AZAP collaborative innovation lab and has been a long-standing client of Codesign-it.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• thinkpublic: UK-based public-sector design and innovation consultancy helping governments and public bodies design better services through co-design with citizens. Directly comparable on the public-sector innovation lab side, addressing similar civic and government clients with co-design methodology.
• What If Innovation: Innovation consultancy that works with corporates to build innovation capabilities, run accelerators, and develop new ventures. Comparable in offering facilitation, training, and capability-building services to large organizations, with similar methodologies around co-design.
• Fahrenheit 212: Global innovation consultancy specializing in corporate innovation, growth strategy, and capability building for Fortune 500 clients. Comparable as a competing innovation consulting firm that sells methodology-driven, facilitated programs to large enterprises.
• Livework: European service design consultancy that helps organizations design better services and customer experiences through co-design and prototyping. Directly comparable as a European firm offering co-design facilitation, prototyping, and design-led transformation services to similar client profiles.
• Board of Innovation: Belgium-headquartered innovation consultancy that helps corporates and governments build innovation labs, run design sprints, and develop new business models. Direct comparable as a European innovation-consulting firm serving the same enterprise and public-sector clients with similar collaborative methodologies.
• Luma Institute: Innovation consultancy and education provider offering human-centered design and innovation training programs for professionals and organizations. Comparable in offering certified training (Luma Institute certified programs) and methodology-driven facilitation services.

Others

• NESTA: UK innovation foundation that designs and runs public-sector innovation programs, including innovation labs and capability-building initiatives. Adjacent ecosystem player in the public-sector innovation lab space, often partnering with consultancies like Codesign-it on European policy innovation projects.

Broad incumbents

• IDEO: Pioneer of design thinking and a globally scaled innovation consultancy. Broader incumbent in the same collaborative innovation space, with similar facilitation and design methodologies but a much larger portfolio, global footprint, and Fortune 500 client base.
• Hyper Island: Global creative business school and innovation consultancy offering leadership, innovation, and digital transformation programs for enterprises. Comparable in offering certified training and capability-building programs, with broader scale and a global delivery network.
• Innosight: Innovation strategy consultancy founded by Clayton Christensen, now part of Huron, that advises large enterprises on disruptive innovation and growth. Broad incumbent serving similar enterprise clients with innovation strategy and capability building.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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