GOV.UK
We’re building an autocomplete
We're building an autocomplete – we've started by building one for users to provide country and territory information. Here's why we're developing it and what we've done so far.
Things to consider when designing in alpha
Chris Thomas, designer on the Cross-Government Service Data team, writes about some of the things he learned about designing during an alpha.
We've published the task list pattern
This is the third in our series of blog posts about new patterns looking at the 'tasks' or elements of a service. This post looks in detail at the task list pattern.
We've published the check before you start pattern
We're publishing new patterns looking at the the ‘tasks’ or elements of a service. This blog post is about our new ‘check before you start' pattern.
Naming your service: a new approach to patterns
We're publishing new patterns looking at the the ‘tasks’ or elements of a service, rather than trying to create patterns for the service or license as a whole. This blog post is about our new ‘naming your service’ pattern.
Doing the hard work to make things open
Paul Smith, a frontend developer at DWP, writes about why it's so important to make our work open and how we can all help make this happen.
Steps to building a design culture
At our most recent cross-government design meeting, we looked at how to build a design culture in organisations. Here are some of the themes we discussed.
Some design tips for uploading things
We've collected examples from around government of services that require users to upload something.
Building an international group of government designers
We're planning to set up an international government design group, bringing together practitioners to talk about our work, share best practice and discuss some of the common issues we face.
We're hosting a public sector design student day
On 9 March, GDS will host a day for students interested in finding out more about design in the public sector.