A series of experimental sessions for exploring what matters and staying connected to it.

For the past decade I’ve been interested in how design creates meaning. Lately I’ve been wondering whether we can design a process for understanding what’s meaningful to you — not as self-help, not as productivity, but as creative exploration.

Everywhere I looked, the usual approaches felt incomplete: life coaches promising transformation, meditation apps, expensive retreats, gurus with answers. What if this could feel more like experience design? More exploratory than prescriptive? More creative than clinical?
What if it didn’t promise to change your life — just offered interesting ways to think about it?

Where it began

I wrote a clunky 24-question survey to test whether this frustration was mine alone.
Seventy-three people completed it in a few days. That was surprising.

What stood out was this: Most people already know what matters to them — they just struggle to stay connected to it. 91% reported clarity. Almost all reported disconnection.

And when asked what might help, their answers weren’t apps or gurus or books. People wanted conversations, creative activities, and simple reminders of what actually matters.

It wasn’t a clarity problem.
It was a connection problem — with others, and with themselves.

What Workshop Workshop is now

Workshop Workshop is an evolving format.
It isn’t a methodology (yet). It isn’t a framework or a system.
It’s a space for trying things out together — exercises borrowed from design practice, teaching, and other long-running experiments.

Some examples: exploring contradictions (“I want X but I keep doing Y”), randomness exercises to surface patterns, interviewing yourself with unusual questions, or inventing your own reminders.

Each session is a small experiment.
Different every time.
Low-stakes. Curious. Practical.

Structure

We start by exploring what feels meaningful to you right now.
Then we prototype a reminder — something that helps you stay connected to it.
We share, we reflect, we move on.
No breakthroughs required.

You can join one session or several. They stand alone.

Upcoming Sessions

>> IRL Workshop — February 21, 2025 (London / Kingston University / Townhouse)

A three-hour in-person session exploring contradictions, attention, and reminders.

Why I’m doing this

Everything about this is experimental.
It will change as we go.
Unknown unknowns included.

If you’d like to take part — or propose something we should try — you’re very welcome.