Building the future with you.
what we do
NOBOX INC. is a New York-based research & design consulting firm founded by Tiffany J. Hopkins. We offer an uncommon blend of curiosity, care, and cutting-edge methodologies.
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These ain’t your daddy’s shareholder meetings. Our life-centered approach helps you see the big picture before you start building. We use mixed-methods research to analyze the real needs and potential impact of your project. We use the qualitative and quantitative data we gather to develop a story that gets everyone on board.
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Everything you need to launch your new product, service, or business while maintaining your values. Good strategy work creates solutions that are financially, socially and environmentally sustainable. We can make you go-to-market plans, landscape analysis, market assessment & sizing, and operational planning, or have us join your existing teams to support your growth.
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We can provide or supplement your team for the complete design process: research, synthesis, ideation, prototyping, piloting, and pitching. This includes developing the business models and operational plans to support your innovations
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If you embark on major technological development, we can support the process with many of the above services tailored for you. Whether you are moving from all paper and mainframe to the cloud or the cloud to AI, we can help reduce risk and ease the transition through user research and change management.
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We want to find answers to your biggest, wildest, most paradoxical questions. We take custom research projects of any size and if we like your questions enough, we’ll work just on a finders’ fee: pay as much as our answers are valuable.
OUR PARTNERS & CLIENTS
IDEO
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Y LABS
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PENROSE
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IDEO.ORG
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TOMORROW PARTNERS
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DESIGN FOR WILDLIFE
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Luminary Lab
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Designing Impact
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IDEO • Y LABS • PENROSE • IDEO.ORG • TOMORROW PARTNERS • DESIGN FOR WILDLIFE • Luminary Lab • Designing Impact •
why Life-centered research & design?
Look at the full financial, social, & environmental picture before you research
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make something you really love
Learn your stakeholders’ needs & desires before you design
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make something people really want
Prototype your designs before you build
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make something that really works
why nobox?
We’re a certified woman-owned business in our local region and New York state. Our headquarters in rural Western NY is solar-powered and almost carbon-neutral.
We operate as a trauma-informed practice, are members of the Design Justice Network, and work in the Liberatory Design for Equity mindsets and modes.
We have 15+ years of experience helping our clients transform their futures. We do this through our dedication to the whole picture - not convenient, narrow lenses or simplified narratives.
