Design is rapidly becoming a discipline that is central to social innovation. However, to maximise the power of design, public and social leaders must embrace new approaches such as ethnographic research, user involvement, ideation, prototyping and experimentation.
By Christian Bason, Director of Innovation, MindLab
Social Innovation by Design
The 2012 Patient Empowered Room Design Competition
Written by: Gorm on May 21, 2012 @ 10:19 am
In advance of the HEALTHCARE DESIGN Conference, the Institute for Patient-Centered Design is seeking design ideas for The Patient Empowered Room, which will be built for display at the conference. This full scale patient room model will serve as the site of the Patient Experience Simulation Lab, a workshop open to conference attendees. The Center for [...]
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New Service Design Master
Written by: Gorm on February 7, 2012 @ 1:57 pm
Now you can obtain a master in Service Design from Aalborg University: http://servicedesigner.dk/
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Fire grunde til at bruge Service Design
Written by: Gorm on December 13, 2011 @ 12:56 pm
En artikel i The Guardian peger på fire grunde til at bruge Service Design i forbindelse med innovation af kulturelle aktiviteter: 1. What people want isn’t always what organisations want – Det handler om at erkende hvem man laver et arrangement for. 2. We cannot afford to limit innovation just to technology – Service Design [...]
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Mandag morgen fremhæver Service Design i det offentlige
Written by: Gorm on November 14, 2011 @ 11:40 am
“Eksperter udpeger servicedesign som nøglen til at skabe fremtidens velfærdssektor. Erfaringerne fra den private sektor viser, at man kan løfte produktiviteten med op imod 2 pct. om året ved at bruge en række metoder og værktøjer fra designverdenen til at skabe nye serviceløsninger med udgangspunkt i brugernes behov. Mange steder i landet er kommuner, regioner [...]
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Service design & service innovation
Written by: Gorm on October 26, 2011 @ 9:40 pm
SDSI er et uformelt initiativ i Nordjylland med henblik på at sætte fokus på kompetencer og behov for at designe og udvikle service i både den offentlige og private sektor.
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