How can we test our designs with Welsh-speaking users?
How can we test our designs with Welsh-speaking users?
How to add a Welsh language toggle to your prototypes so you can better test with Welsh users.
Letting users tick a ‘none’ checkbox
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Frankie Roberto – Interaction designer, Department for Education, Posted on:
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Categories:
Design System, Interaction Design
The Department for Education has contributed a new checkbox to the GOV.UK Design System that lets users explicitly tell us none of the other options apply.
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.
Easy read is hard to get right
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John Newton – Content designer, UK Health Security Agency, Posted on:
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Categories:
Content Design, Tried & tested
Content designer John Newton explains how to develop, prototype and test easy read guidance for users with lower literacy levels and cognitive disabilities.
Help test how we apply the Service Standard to lower volume forms
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Harry Vos – Senior product manager, GDS, Posted on:
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Experimental, Likely to change, Service Design, Service Patterns
As we look to bring the spirit of the Service Standard to lower volume forms, we need volunteers to read some draft Service Manual guidance, try to follow the guidance, and give us feedback on both the guidance and any impact it had.
Making links easier to see and read on GOV.UK
Posted by:
Chris Ballantine-Thomas – Senior interaction designer, GDS, Posted on:
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Categories:
Design, Frontend
We are making some visual improvements to links on GOV.UK to make them more accessible and easier to read.
We’re hiring interaction and service designers!
Posted by:
Tim Paul and Martin Jordan – former Head of Service Design, GDS, Posted on:
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Categories:
Community, Design
In Cabinet Office, we are looking for designers to join us and work on services that matter and are genuinely user-centred.
What the user-centred design communities team achieved
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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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Categories:
Community, Design
An overview of the achievements of the GDS user-centered design communities team; and how community members benefited.
Take part in “Get Feedback” — weekly remote design crits
Posted by:
Jeremy Yun – Senior interaction designer, GDS and Kara Kane - Head of Profession for Design, GDS, Posted on:
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Categories:
Community, Design
Read about the new remote crit format for the public sector, why it’s useful and how to participate.
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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Categories:
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
Posted by:
Clara Greo – former Lead Designer, GDS, Kara Kane - Head of Profession for Design, GDS and Keeley Robertson, Posted on:
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Categories:
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.
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