The best demonstration of method is work that’s already in the world, being read, cited, and trusted. These case studies show how Ardington Group’s research process translates into editorial content that holds up under scrutiny and performs across platforms.
Sectors: ArdingtonBusiness, ArdingtonArts, ArdingtonTechnology
Deliverables: 15 profiles, photography coordination, social assets
For a pan-European “Ones to Watch” issue, High Life needed profiles that would resonate with an international readership without lapsing into airport-bookshop clichés. The brief lends itself to the disciplined editorial research of Ardington Group: set criteria around sector impact, international relevance, and verifiable achievement; build a longlist across sectors and then cut through PR noise with source-based verification and interviews that reveal substance.
The result reads like smart travel writing with a backbone of facts. Offering characters, not caricatures, and celebrating achievements that withstand scrutiny.
Sectors: ArdingtonArts
Deliverables: sector analysis reports, artistic movement projections, structured trend analysis
Artistic magazine features in publications such as Artsy and Apollo Magazine explore the art-world news cycle with one eye on curating insight and the other on market visibility. Coverage on global fairs, auctions and institutional shows, often with special emphasis on emerging artists whose work is dominating current conversation, is a hallmark of such high calibre artistic editorial.
As such, these features showcase unmatched knowledge of artistic affairs. Through trusted and long-term partnerships, Ardington Group provides deep market insight and verification reports to support artistic editorial time and again.
Sectors: ArdingtonScience, ArdingtonTechnology
Deliverables: 35-candidate longlist, verification reports, 12 final profiles with technical review
The hard part isn’t finding bright people; it’s proving their work moves the frontier. Ardington Group collaborate with partners to produce impact. Starting with nomination triage, scoring novelty and impact through patents, forward citations, datasets, deployments and independent validations. Interviews that translate the technical core into consequence and now what becomes possible is broader than it was before.
Ardington Group thrives when working towards these kind of shortlists – finding the young people that are working towards changing the world.
Sectors: ArdingtonArts, ArdingtonBusiness
Deliverables: Research framework advisory, verified datasets, expert interviews, editorial briefs
Soft power is a composite story; the method is the message. Build a framework that blends cultural exports, design footprint, diplomatic posture, media credibility, education draw and urban liveability. Short essays unpack cause and effect; country briefs convert indices into usable texture.
Verification is continuous and every indicator must be traceable and defensible. The output reads crisp and the engine underneath is disciplined. Ardington Group members supported through a partner consultancy for Monocle’s power piece.
Sectors: ArdingtonBusiness
Deliverables: 3 long-form case studies, executive interviews, supporting data visualisation
HBR pieces work when they convert field evidence into frameworks leaders can use at work the next day. Identifying European firms that execute real strategy pivots and outlining what changed, why it worked, and where it broke in detail. Case boxes and pull-quotes from in-depth conversations carry proof, not platitudes.
The result is narrative that’s teachable and translatable across disciplines. Ardington Group collaborated with a commissioned research vendor via a client’s marketing team to produce the facts behind these thought pieces.