Mission
To design and build open, people-centred technology that helps communities solve their own challenges — and helps institutions serve them better.
About us
A society of builders for the common good.
We are an inter-disciplinary tech society and startup turning civic, social, ecological and governance challenges into working products.
Vision
A world where every postcode has access to the digital tools it needs to be fair, resilient and self-governing.
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Our story
Why “Postcode”?
Every big systemic problem shows up somewhere specific — a flooded street, a missing streetlight, a family that never heard of a scheme it qualified for.
Postcode Studio started as a group of technologists, designers and social scientists who wanted to work at that scale. Our mascot is the ant: small, collaborative and astonishingly good at building complex systems together.
Many disciplines, one table
Software engineeringProduct designData sciencePublic policyUrban planningEcologySociologyLaw & ethicsHardware & IoTCommunity organising
What we value
Open by default
Open source, open data and open process wherever possible.
Community first
We build with people, not for them.
Evidence over hype
We measure impact honestly and share what fails.
Small and mighty
Start local, iterate fast, scale what works.
The journey so far
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2024
The first colony
A handful of builders meet at a civic hackathon.
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2025
Society formed
Postcode Studio becomes an inter-disciplinary tech society.
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2026
First pilots
Prototypes go live with partner communities and local bodies.
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Next
Scaling the commons
Open-sourcing our tools as digital public goods.
The colony
A growing group of engineers, designers, researchers and organisers.
Founder Name
Co-founder · Technology
Engineer obsessed with digital public infrastructure.
Founder Name
Co-founder · Design & Research
Designer and researcher focused on participatory methods.
Member Name
Policy & Governance Lead
Bridges the gap between code and public policy.
Member Name
Ecology & Data
Turns field data into decisions for greener cities.
Want to join the colony?
We're always looking for volunteers, fellows, partners and funders.
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