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Tackling violence against women through whole system design

Posted by: Olumide Adisa, Posted on: 22 January 2026 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign, Research
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London Government expert, Olumide Adisa, uses systems thinking to improve outcomes for victims.

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The power of patterns

Posted by: Joanna Goodwin, Posted on: 8 January 2026 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign
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Design leader, Joanna Goodwin, writes about Wales's newest government design system.

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Three countries, eight designers, nine insights

Posted by: Susan Cullen, Kirsten Corney, Eevi Saarikoski and Nathan McDowell, Posted on: 4 December 2025 - Categories: Events, PublicPolicyDesign, Research
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Tax designers from across the globe write about developing and using design patterns.

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From systems maps to system stories

Posted by: Becky Miller, Anne Thurston and William Hallows, Posted on: 27 November 2025 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign
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Defra’s Policy Design Lab team show some of the design methods they use to make sense of complex evidence.

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Patterns for the global public sector

Posted by: Andrew Knight and Nicolás Rebolledo, Posted on: 6 November 2025 - Categories: Events, PublicPolicyDesign, Research
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Designers Andrew Knight and Nicolás Rebolledo reveal the potential of patterns from the Public Design Conference.

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Join our first global public design conference

Posted by: Andrew Knight, Posted on: 14 July 2025 - Categories: Events, PublicPolicyDesign
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A unique opportunity for designers working in government to shape global design patterns.

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Designing policy with complex evidence

Posted by: Becky Miller, Anne Thurston and Robin Hancock, Posted on: 8 May 2025 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign
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Farming policy design experts from Defra get to grips with making sense of complexity.

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Happy 100!

Posted by: Andrew Knight, Posted on: 24 April 2025 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
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Civil Service's Head of Policy Design, Andrew Knight, celebrates this blog's 100th post.

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Join forces with one thousand designers in 2025

Posted by: Andrew Knight, Posted on: 27 March 2025 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign
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Civil Service's Head of Policy Design, Andrew Knight, invites people to join government's design community.

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Good services are verbs, but better services include nouns

Posted by: Toby Squire and Rhiannon Long, Posted on: 13 March 2025 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign
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Defra policy lab experts Toby Squire and Rhiannon Long design public services around objects that are familiar to citizens.

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