Progressing international design discourse in Helsinki, Amsterdam and beyond
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After the success of the Helsinki Conference we’re preparing our next events for 2025. First off is the User Needs First International Conference in Amsterdam in April.
After the success of the Helsinki Conference we’re preparing our next events for 2025. First off is the User Needs First International Conference in Amsterdam in April.
The International Design in Government community is getting together in person this year for workshops and a conference in Helsinki in October.
The International Design in Government ran the first ever 24-hour conference showcasing global public sector service transformation. Find out what the community is up to next!
The International Design in Government continues to grow and convene — and we’re bigger than ever before. We have over 3,500 members on Slack and regularly have 40 to 50 people joining our calls. The last time we blogged, we …
It’s been 5 years since the International Design in Government community started in February 2017. Since then, thousands of people have come together at dozens of events and countless online...
...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...
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...
...on 3 events, which will take place around the world. Here’s what we’re doing and how you can get involved. Partnering for global events The International Design in Government Community...
...are: design systems maturity models training resources and models Many governments are interested in starting design systems, like the GOV.UK Design System. We also plan to build on the maturity...
...for updates. Here’s what will be happening: 2 days, 3 keynotes, 32 organisations The conference will take place over Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 July across a series of venues...