Using design principles to make our work simple
Laurence Berry gives examples of how you can apply the principles of 'do less' to your work
Design
Shaping your design history: how we got here and what's next
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Arindra Das – Designer, GDS and Ignacia Orellana – Lead service designer, GDS, Posted on:
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Content Design, Design, Interaction Design, Service Design
Behind every service is a rich history of design decisions. Ignacia and Arindra provide insight into how they go about documenting the design history of a product or service.
How to be a trusted agitator
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Laura Yarrow – Head of design, HM Land Registry, Posted on:
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Community, Design
How can designers advocate for change without alienating our stakeholders? Meet the trusted agitator.
Why and how to embed design training in your organisation
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Nikin Nagewadia, Senior Interaction designer, GDS, Posted on:
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Community, Design, Training
Read for tips on how and why to embed design training within your organisation
A day in the life of an interaction designer at GDS
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Ann Oduwaiye – Senior Interaction Designer, GDS, Jeremy Yun – Senior interaction designer, GDS and Rose Westcott – Interaction Designer, GDS, Posted on:
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Design, Interaction Design
At our career events, attendees often ask us what a day in the life of a designer looks like. In this blog post, 3 interaction designers in different career stages are telling.
Going beyond the GOV.UK Design System for MoJ Forms professional users
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Fabien Marry – Senior interaction designer, MoJ, Posted on:
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Design, Design System
To create government forms easily and quickly, we realised our platform needed to not only use the GOV.UK Design System for but go beyond it.
How GDS’s design recruitment process works
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Kate Ivey-Williams – Head of Design, GDS, Tim Paul and Antonia Awoyemi – Senior interaction designer, GDS, Posted on:
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Community, Design
In this blog post, we give an overview of the design recruitment process and what to expect once you’ve applied for a job.
Moving from the private to the public sector as a designer
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Courtney Toth – Interaction designer, GDS, Chris Ballantine-Thomas – Senior interaction designer, GDS, Martin Jordan – former Head of Service Design, GDS, Nikin Nagewadia, Senior Interaction designer, GDS and Vicky Teinaki – Senior interaction designer, GDS, Posted on:
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Community, Design
Many designers in government either began, or have had extensive careers, in the private sector before joining the Civil Service. In this blog post, they share some of the differences they observed.
How designers in the UK government help address climate change
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Martin Jordan – former Head of Service Design, GDS and Thaís Tozatto Maio – Senior service designer, GDS, Posted on:
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Categories:
Design, Service Design
We reviewed the work of designers and design-minded professionals across the UK government and identified 5 main areas where they are addressing climate change.
Making links easier to see and read on GOV.UK
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Chris Ballantine-Thomas – Senior interaction designer, GDS, Posted on:
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Design, Frontend
We are making some visual improvements to links on GOV.UK to make them more accessible and easier to read.
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