Santini is enthusiastic about helping organisations think long term as a way to make better design and innovation decisions today. Since starting Andthen back in 2016, and has since been carving out a practice at the intersection of design, futures and strategy. Through Andthen, Santini helps clients to navigate the messy early-stages of innovation and make better strategic decisions, and has worked with a diverse range of clients like Mind, Scottish Government, Defra, V&A Dundee, Nesta, RBS and Hitachi.
Outside of Andthen, he is the founder and co-host of the Central Scotland chapter of the global Speculative Futures network, is a Visiting Lecturer at the Glasgow School of Art, and a trustee of the UK’s largest studio provider to creatives and artists, WASPS.
With over ten years of innovation experience, Lewis’ focus is on understanding complex problems and co-creating sustainable products, services and impact ventures. Lewis has successfully bootstrapped a currency earned through sustainable actions, has headed up a design team at a scale up that helps organisations achieve net zero by engaging employees and has incubated a plastics upcycling social enterprise. His work is data driven, human centric and leverages behaviour change to create positive outcomes.
Alongside his work at Andthen, he is an Expert Advisor for the Design Counical, a Visiting Lecturer at the Glasgow School of Art and is the Chairmen for Inclusive Surfing Scotland.