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Kara Kane - Head of Profession for Design, GDS

User-centred design in local government: where it’s at

Announcement graphic for Local #govdesign Day on 25 November 2019 at Birmingham Council House from 11 to 5 o’clock; supported by Birmingham City Council

...a day for celebrating achievements, exchanging experiences and identifying new ways of working together. Local #govdesign Day is for welcoming the designers and design-minded public servants working in local government...

International Design in Government events are going global

Three posters promoting each location of the International Design in Government Conference. They are almost identical, featuring the conference logo which is a sphere with the words 'International Design in Government" around the circumference, but the backgrounds are different colours - red, white and blue - and feature the logo or name of the organisation running the event

...Francisco, USA, on 29 May International Design in Government Summer Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland, hosted by the Scottish Government, from 25 to 26 June International Design in Government Autumn Conference...

What we learned from running the first International Design in Government Conference

Chris Govias on stage in front of a room full of people

...need to prove their value There are interaction and service designers, user researchers and content designers in many governments around the world now. But compared to other long-established professions like...