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Keeping services alive

What happens after services go live? What happens once large scale digital transformation programmes end?  Sarah and Juliette share what they learned discussing this topic with International Design in Government community.

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How to prototype in the browser

Posted by: Joe Lanman, Posted on: 3 October 2016 - Categories: Design, Tried & tested
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Small changes can have big effects. If you have an idea for a small change to an existing site or prototype, a quick way to try it out is by using the browser developer tools. What you'll need A browser …

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Improving tools and resources for designers in government

Posted by: Tim Paul, Posted on: 8 September 2016 - Categories: Design, Uncategorized
Our current frontend architecture

Over the summer at GDS we ran a discovery on the tools and resources teams in government use when designing their services. We wanted to understand how design happens in teams, what information people use when they design and what …

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Hosting Design Ventura at GDS

Posted by: Harry Trimble, Posted on: 7 September 2016 - Categories: Design

We recently hosted Design Ventura teacher training at our offices in London. What is Design Ventura? Design Ventura is a competition is run by school teachers, with the support of the Design Museum's education team and design industry volunteers. It challenges students …

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We’re hiring a head of service design

Posted by: Louise Downe, Posted on: 5 September 2016 - Categories: Uncategorized

This advert has now closed, but keep an eye out for future opportunities - we're always looking for great people to work with. The design team has grown hugely since we started - both in size and the scope of …

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When design should get in the way

Posted by: Stephen McCarthy, Posted on: 26 July 2016 - Categories: Tried & tested
Stop sign used on roads

At GDS we design based on user needs and always try to keep things as simple as possible for the user. We often say that design shouldn’t interfere with the user journey – except for when the user needs it …

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Check before you start – an alpha for service patterns

Posted by: Harry Trimble, Posted on: 11 July 2016 - Categories: Service Patterns

We’ve talked lot about service patterns. Time to show one. This is a pattern we’re calling check before you start. The pattern is for users to check whether they can and should use a service. It could be used in services …

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Showing our colours

Posted by: gov.uk archive author, Posted on: 22 June 2016 - Categories: Design

...with pretty sore arms. But it was worth it. As well as making the unmissable window wrap, we also wanted to help share the feelings and opinions of LGBT+ people...

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Creative Review voted me one of the UK’s top 50 creative leaders

Posted by: Louise Downe, Posted on: 7 June 2016 - Categories: Uncategorized

I don’t talk a lot about myself on this blog. For obvious reasons - the work of a head of design is done in the background. The work is more important than you are. However, this week I had the …

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Archiving versions of a prototype

Posted by: Alex Torrance, Posted on: 13 May 2016 - Categories: Uncategorized
Screenshot of Service manual prototypes page

Working on prototypes, a lot can change quickly. It’s good to have a record of previous iterations so you can revisit the changes and decisions you made in the past. I like to keep a running log for each round …

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Services that are simple to explain

Posted by: Harry Trimble, Posted on: 3 May 2016 - Categories: Service Design

Charlotte Moore from Home Office said something really interesting at the cross government design meeting two weeks ago: "Aim for simple comprehension, not just plain English." She was talking together with Ed Horsford. They explained how they tested the Renew Passport service with users …

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