New Design Principles posters
We first published the Government Design Principles in 2012. They have influenced the work of design-minded people all across government. Now, we have made new posters to illustrate the principles.
Community
International Design in Government community autumn update
Posted by:
Kara Kane - Head of Profession for Design, GDS and Martin Jordan – former Head of Service Design, GDS, Posted on:
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Categories:
Community, International
...Service, is going to examine how good interaction design can fail in the absence of good content design, Laura Young from GDS will speak about data-informed content and how data...
Become a service designer in government: step by step
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Sūryanāga Poyzer – former senior service designer, GDS & Homes England, Posted on:
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Categories:
Community, Service Design
Service design is a rapidly growing and much needed field in government. In this post, Sanjay Poyzer describes how he became a service designer and shares some steps you could take to become a service designer in government.
International Design in Government events this summer
Posted by:
Kara Kane - Head of Profession for Design, GDS and Martin Jordan – former Head of Service Design, GDS, Posted on:
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Categories:
Community, Design, International
Recently, we wrote about how the International Design in Government community will get together for multiple events in the US and Europe in 2019. After running the first ever International...
How a cross-government design crit day helps your work
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Jeremy Yun – Senior interaction designer, GDS and Clara Greo – former Lead Designer, GDS, Posted on:
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Categories:
Community, Design
The User-Centred Design (UCD) Community runs cross-government design critique (or ‘crit’) days so that designers can show their work in progress and get constructive feedback. We do this because designers...
Setting cross-government design community objectives
The Cross-Government Design Community exists to build the practice of design in government and to help designers work together and support each other. The community has grown significantly in size over the past few years. There are currently 1,176 people …
Design profiles: DWP Digital
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GDS team, Posted on:
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Categories:
Community, Design, Design profiles, Service Design, User Research
In this profile piece we talk to 3 designers at DWP Digital about their roles and why they came to work in government.
Design in Government: HMRC Digital
We talk to 3 members of the HMRC Digital team about how design works in the department, what brought them to government and the rewards of designing for user needs.
Design in: the Parliamentary Digital Service
We talk to 3 members of the Parliamentary Digital Service about what led them to their roles, the unique challenges they face, and why collaboration is a fundamental part of their work.
Design in Government: The Environment Agency
Our new Design in Government series profiles design teams across departments. For this post we talk to designers at the Environment Agency about how they work and what they do.
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