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Why public design is more important than ever

Posted by: Alice Goldman, Posted on: 7 August 2025 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
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GDS reform expert, Alice Goldman, examines the value of public design to governments now.

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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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Taking policy design to a global public audience

Posted by: Andrew Knight and Elli-ana Morley, Posted on: 7 July 2025 - Categories: Case study, Events, PublicPolicyDesign
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UK Civil Service’s first Biennale pavilion has been a great success. Curators Andrew Knight and Elli-ana Morley report on the event.

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Design helps governments work with people, not just for them

Posted by: Irene Hakansson, Posted on: 19 June 2025 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Research, Thought leadership
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Irene Hakansson reports on Design Council's latest research on the value of public design.

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Fair process as public policy

Posted by: Joe Tomlinson, Posted on: 22 May 2025 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Research
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Public law expert, Joe Tomlinson, sets out the case for why it's important that public services feel fair.

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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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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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Mapping the justice system

Posted by: Antonio Perra, Posted on: 27 February 2025 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign
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Designer Antonio Perra from Ministry of Justice values mapping citizen experience and systems.

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Latvian and British designers connect on public policy innovation

Posted by: Uga Kalendris, Posted on: 13 February 2025 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
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Uga Kalendris from Latvia's Innovation Laboratory reports on their visit to the UK

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