The Service Design Network (SDN), founded in 2004, is the leading non-profit institution for expertise in service design and a driver of global growth, development and innovation within the practice. Through national and international events, online and print publications and coordination with academic institutions, our member-based network connects multiple roles within agencies, business, and government to strengthen the impact of service design within the public and private sectors. Ours is a global, open-minded network, focused on knowledge-sharing, collaboration and exchange.
The Call for Papers for our next issue of Touchpoint is open! Submit your abstract by 21st of September 2022 and help us to advance the service design field and its practices. We’re looking forward to many inspiring contributions!
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A free, online roundtable event featuring guest editors and authors of the most recent issue of the SDN journal Touchpoint, on the topic of "Measuring Service Experience".
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Today, more than ever, the role of design is shaping human needs as we deliver new service models to improve human lives. As design professionals we continue to experiment with new ways to provide solutions for complex problems. During this two-part course, you will learn about the role of service design in organisations today, identify design challenges from an inside and outside-in perspective and, ultimately start to take actions to close gaps between people, process, policies, platforms in your organisation.
„Practical 3 h course expanding your digital facilitation skills."
Touchpoint is the first and only journal dedicated to the practice of service design. Published by practitioners for practitioners, Touchpoint is essential reading for both newcomers and seasoned experts alike.
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Learn more from and about the individuals and organisations that make up the SDN network. Interviews with members of the community can be found here as well as insights from many more concerning the latest news, trends, tools and techniques shaking up the industry.
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Brænder du for at arbejde både praktisk og strategisk med udvikling og implementering af systemforandrende sociale interventioner for børn og unge?
Universal Credit represented the biggest change to the UK benefits system in years. Six benefits were amalgamated into one. Housing Benefit was no longer paid directly to the landlord. This risked residents making late payments or no payment of rent at all.
Service Designer Jo Carter and Michelle Rose-Innes
Service Provider Monmouthshire Housing Association
Industry Government
Philadelphians facing homelessness arrive at the City’s access sites in their most vulnerable state. Staff can experience vicarious trauma while helping those in need. What do trauma-informed services look like for people experiencing homelessness and staff who support them?
Service Designer Devika Menon, Service Design Strategist at the Service Design Studio, City of Philadelphia, Liana Dragoman, Director of the Service Design Studio, City of Philadelphia
Service Provider Office of Homeless Services
Industry Government
The Wood Foundation wanted to support the creation of a new framework for community led projects which connect, engage and support young people in new ways through sport.
Service Designer Service Design Academy (SDA)
Service Provider The Wood Foundation (TWF) and The Russell Anderson Development School (RADS).
Industry Education
How might we create a digital life storybook for young people in care.
Service Designer Vaughan Broderick
Service Provider -
Industry Other
