Come and help us run design training across government
...organise the curriculum, run sessions and help make the training better. Now we want to build on this hard work and we’re looking for a design trainer to help us...
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We're holding a show and tell about service design in government
We're holding a Service Design in Government show and tell on 22 June which is open to everyone. Find out why we're doing it and what we'll be talking about.
GDS goes back to school
Last month, Ed Horsford and I gave a talk at Weston Park Primary School in north London on how we design government services to work for people with access needs. Both of us are design leads at the Government Digital …
How I used Wget to make a copy of the Service Manual for user research
Last year Ed Horsford made a copy of the entire Service Manual for some user research. In this blog post he looks at to use the Wget command line utility to create copies of large amounts of content.
Making design training better
At GDS we run design training for people from across government. This training helps people find out how design works in building government services. The courses we offer are open...
We’re planning an International Design in Government conference
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Kara Kane - Head of Profession for Design, GDS, Posted on:
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Design, International
...GDPR, the EU web accessibility directive, EU Digital Single Gateway regulation, service transformation and design capability building. The conference will also help to meet the Government Transformation Strategy priority to...
Growing the International Design in Government community
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Kara Kane - Head of Profession for Design, GDS, Posted on:
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Design, International
A the start of the year we set up an international design in government community. The community now has more than 250 members from 37 countries. Here's what we've been talking about and how you can take part.
Talking public-sector design at the Design Museum
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Kara Kane - Head of Profession for Design, GDS, Posted on:
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Design, Service Design
...Snook; and updates from design teams around government. Three main themes emerged from the day: design for maintenance, design for participation and design for organisations. Here’s what the speakers had...
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.
Using design crits to improve collaboration
Design crits are a way to get constructive feedback on works in progress. In this blog post we look at how crits can help designers and teams and offer some advice on running them.
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