What the user-centred design communities team achieved
An overview of the achievements of the GDS user-centered design communities team; and how community members benefited.
Design
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Designing at pace at the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)
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Alex Lee – Senior service designer, DVSA, Posted on:
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Design, Service Design
In this blog post, senior service designer Alex Lee documents the design decisions that helped a team deliver an emergency service in just 34 days.
Reflections on the user-centred design communities team
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Clara Greo – former Lead Designer, GDS, Kara Kane - Head of Profession for Design, GDS and Keeley Robertson, Posted on:
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Community, Design
This blog post reflects on how the GDS user-centred design (UCD) communities worked together to advocate for UCD across government and deliver better public services.
Three things product teams need from designers
At the Government Digital Service, designers work with multidisciplinary product teams. Reflecting on his years of experience, designer Chris Hill-Scott describes the 3 things teams need from him: making things visible, making real things, making things make sense.
Starting as a designer in government when you’re working from home
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Antonia Awoyemi – Senior interaction designer, GDS, Arindra Das – Designer, GDS, Ella Dorfman – Senior service designer, UK Home Office, Gazbia Sorour – Service designer, GDS and Nikin Nagewadia, Senior Interaction designer, GDS, Posted on:
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Community, Design
GDS’s design team grew since moving to remote working in March. For the new designers, it meant having a different start. In this blog post, 5 of them share their experiences, what it was like and what was challenging.
Designers assemble! The cross-government buddy group pilot
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Clara Greo – former Lead Designer, GDS, Rob King – Interaction Designer, Ministry of Justice, Roger Wyatt – Content Designer, Department for Transport and Sam McLaren – Service improvement analyst, Dorset Council, Posted on:
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Community, Design
Hundreds of designers in all parts of the UK government are longing for exchange while mostly working remotely. A recent design buddy group pilot brought over 170 of them together. In this blog post, the initiators share what they did and what’s next.
Introducing the user-centred design and data community
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Jeremy Yun – Senior interaction designer, GDS, Megan Rodger – Design lead, NHS, Pete Jobes – Senior interaction designer, DWP and Benjy Stanton - Interaction designer, Swirrl, Posted on:
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Community, Design
There is a new community of practice for anyone working on services that collect, analyse, visualise and publish data and applying a user-centred lens to them. This blog post introduces the community and describes its purpose, code of conduct, and the areas it will focus on.
Being a designer in local government: My time at Stockport Council
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Lisa Kowalewski – Design fellow at Tech4Germany, Posted on:
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Community, Design
After being the first service designer at Stockport Council, Lisa Kowalewski reflects on her last 2.5 years in local government and shares 10 key learnings – applicable to many parts of the public sector.
How to create a portfolio to apply for a design role in government
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Charlotte Downs – Designer, GDS and Martin Jordan – former Head of Service Design, GDS, Posted on:
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Community, Design, Equity
What should a portfolio look like when applying for a design role in government? Whatever your experience level, in this post you’ll find advice on how to shape a good portfolio, what is expected of you and why having and updating a portfolio is important.
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