2021's first SDN UK (Virtual) meet up

“My successes are a result of my own skills and actions, not luck” — a resulting insight amongst participants during this session

We, at the Service Design Network, would like to wish you and yours a very happy and healthy holiday. In the spirit of giving this holiday season, we are excited to offer our community speciality pricing on opportunities designed to help you learn, grow and connect. From SDN Membership, SDN Accreditation, and the SDN Academy, now is the time to "gift yourself" by taking advantage of these discounted offers today.

Our SDN Accreditation Programme is continuously developing, and we are pleased to share with you our latest developments! Visit our new landing page to learn more about our new programme and consider applying for your SDN accreditation. Many benefits await you!

An ad hoc series about how community members have discovered the SDN NYC, and why they continue to come back. Each person’s story is unique and we are excited, grateful and warmed by their continued engagement.

“Why would a designer want to work for a bank? Won’t your get bored?” Over the course of three years, not only has she never been bored, but she has learned important lessons about applying Service Design within a financial institution, an organization riddled with bureaucracy and red tape.

Adam Lawrence and Markus Edgar Hormeß of WorkPlayExperience joined us during Virtual SDGC20 (October 22-23) to share insights into 10 years of the Global Service Jam!

As part of DC Design Week , Service Design DC hosted our second installment of five Pecha Kucha presentations, centered around the theme “Celebrating the voices of DC’s creative community”!

Have you done an amazing service design project you would love to share? Use this fantastic opportunity to shake the industry at the very special SDGC21!

On October 13th, Natalie Kuhn did a talk for the Service Design Network New York Chapter and the community had A LOT of great questions, only some of which she could answer on their Zoom call. To do the rest of the questions justice, she sat with them and wrote out her responses here.

An ad hoc series about how community members have discovered the SDN NYC, and why they continue to come back. Each person’s story is unique and we are excited, grateful and warmed by their continued engagement.

Meet our Service Design Award 2020 Jury members – the leading international service design experts. They carefully evaluate each of project submissions in order to award the very best of service design.

“Governance is a response to the tension created by ambiguity. The need for a design governance increases as you scale and complexity grows.”

Innovative services that will reshape how we function as a society are emerging across the globe and rapidly growing in demand as we challenge the repercussions that the COVID-19 pandemic has set upon us.

The SDN is currently developing the Practitioner Accreditation programme, and we plan to launch it in April 2021. Through this accreditation, the SDN will recognise the quality of professionals who possess both theoretical and practical knowledge of service design. Subscribe to our dedicated newsletter and stay up-to-date once this initiative is ready!

Service Design Half-time brings together Service Design practitioners from across the world to chat about their journey and challenges!