Move faster with agile pop-up research spaces

Even with AI in the mix, some challenges still call for human insight—especially when time is short and the stakes are high. Pop-up research spaces are quick-turn, high-impact engagements built to deliver focused input from the right people, fast. They’re smart, agile market research tools built to help you move with confidence.

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Pop-up spaces are intense, collaborative and creative workspaces where your customers and prospects power project-based insight at speed and scale. Your pop-up space can launch in as quickly as a day, instantly connecting you with real people so you can start learning right away and solve the challenge in front of you.

Flexibility is built in. Whether you need 25 or 250+ participants, a one-hour session or a multi-week sprint, pop-up spaces scale to fit your exact project needs. We recruit carefully vetted, custom-profiled participants who reflect your target audience. And through unique tools and methodologies grounded in the C Space Way—our proprietary approach shaped by 25 years of engaging people with empathy, curiosity and creativity—we create a space where people feel safe, engaged and inspired to go beyond surface-level responses.

Finally, by blending rich, rapid, iterative human insight with the speed of AI, we analyze in real time, filter for what matters most to your business, and deliver sharp, actionable “aha!” moments—fast and affordably.

Explore deeply, iterate quickly and act with confidence with pop-up spaces

Pop-up spaces are perfect for diving into new or emerging audiences, bringing your segmentation to vivid life, exploring regional, seasonal or global trends, mapping the competitive landscape or unpacking customer journeys. This is all done through rich stories, powerful videos and meaningful data.

They’re also a helpful tool for creativity and innovation: Test campaign ideas and messaging before launch. Run CX or UX sprints. Generate fresh thinking in innovation labs. Conduct short-term ethnographies to see how your product fits into real lives.

What makes pop-up spaces so effective? These intensive, immersive project spaces bring the depth of online qualitative research to scale with speed and efficiency. With rapid screening, custom activities and live moderation, you can uncover the “why” behind behavior—and pivot as you learn.

The best part is they integrate with your other research efforts to maximize business impact. Use them to add rapid-fire depth to your quantitative research or brand trackers, prep for an upcoming innovation sprint or inject a burst of fresh insight into a long-term panel or community. Whether you’re exploring, innovating, validating or just trying to get unstuck, pop-up spaces are built to get you the answers you need—quickly, clearly and cost-effectively.

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