Wholesome, a digital product studio making technology humane

The web, smartphone and social media each promised to improve our lives. Each brought distraction, anxiety and withdrawal. We still don't know how to live well with this new wave of technology.

Let's change that.

Our vows

We’re not your usual technology studio. We’ve got a conscience.

Here are our vows…

1 Make technology that excites you
2 Give people agency, or make your values explicit
3 Human attention is precious, interfere with it respectfully, give it back readily
4 Avoid technologies causing harm to society or environment
5 No matter the customer, respect all humans implicated by your design

Work with us

We help startups and brands do 3 things. If you like what we stand for, let’s work together.

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Product design

Invent humane, responsible and effective technology

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Brand strategy

Practice what you preach, align your brand with the digital wellbeing movement

Ethics workshops

Inspire your team by becoming an ethical technology leader

Our products & initiatives

We make our own humane technology and encourage others through our community events.

Product

Thyself

A Chrome Extension giving you calm, mindful moments to reflect on your mood. Through regular practice you’ll begin to notice the nuances in your emotions developing greater self-awareness.

Newsletter

Humane Makers

Humane Makers is a monthly publication with practical tips on how to make technology in accordance with humane tech principles. Perfect for ethical designers, developers and product managers.

Instagram

Mind The Scroll

Mind The Scroll fights against Instagram addiction by posting a daily reminder to pause and assess whether you're scrolling intentionally or mindlessly. Put it down. Step away. Get on with your day.

Product

The 2018 Digital Wellbeing Advent Calendar

For the 24 days up to Christmas 2018, we shared a new positive strategy on how to live well with the web, social media and your smartphone.

Community

Humane Tech London

Every other month we organise a night of talks and discussions. Talks range from ethical considerations and the digital attention crisis to building humane tech products and individual digital wellbeing.

Product

Cosm

Part game, part real world sim. Your personal digital world keeping you accountable to your values.

Concept

Bank With A Conscience

We're moving toward a dangerous world with frictionless purchases. We advocate banks allow consumers spend intentionally by setting purchasing rules.

Concept

Ethical Ad Network

A future advertising network empowering consumers to be the versions of the themselves they aspire to be.

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