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What is the Value of Service Design?

The team at Nile HQ, part of SDN UK Chapter has prepared a video aiming to help communicate the value of service design approach to business audiences.
Encourage your customers


The Truth about Customer Experience?

A must read HBR article on why customer experience is not enough to create great touchpoints. 
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Designing for Multi-touchpoint Experiences

Jamin Hegeman, SDN Events Board Principal explains how your team and stakeholders can have a mindset for designing the best service experiences.
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SDN Announcements


New Touchpoint: Designing for Citizen-Centred Public Services!

Service design is increasingly playing a role in determining how government services are provided to citizens. Despite the attention that service design for commercial projects usually attracts, as a practice, it’s very applicable to the field of government as well. Find more and don't forget to enjoy our open article!
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Save the Date: One month left! 

The Conference is ready to start, but we are still missing you! Don’t put it off, get your conference ticket now!. If you are a SDN Member enjoy -20% off! We want to meet you in Cardiff on November 19th-20th to talk, learn and share ideas around the theme of “Transformation through Service Design”. See you there!
*The Regular priced tickets are only available until the 31st October.

This year's MEMBERS DAY keynote speaker John Mathers, CEO, Design Council

The CEO of the UK Design Council will give an overview of the growing recognition of the value of Service design in the UK. John will take SDN members through examples of the Design Council's work in the area of service design, particularly for social challenges. Read Members programme!

SDN Members News


Service Design Talks, Sao Paulo, Brazil

SDN Brazil chapter held the first meeting last Sep, 28th in Sao Paulo with people from Box 1824, Designit, Insitum, MJV and Mauricio Manháes among others. For 10h about 70 participants met companies' presentations and engaged in discussions and debate. Go to the full update & pics!

SDN Office


KIDP & SDN at 2013 Global Design Workshop

This week in Berlin, SDN with KIDP, the Korean Institute of Design Promotion, the biggest design institution belonging to the Korean Government, held a one-week workshop on Integration and Service Design aiming to enhance the competitiveness of talented Korean Designers on a global level! See some pictures here!

Service Design Careers



Web developer at sedes-SDN - Cologne, Germany


Junior research designers at Truth - London, UK


Design research intern at Designit - Madrid, Spain


Two senior service designers at FutureGov - London, UK


Differents job opportunities at Continuum - West Newton, MA, US / Venice, CA, US / Milano, Italy


Service designer and senior service designer at Service Innovation Labs - Berlin, Germany

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Upcoming Events


SDN Events:

SDN Global

Service Design Global Conference
- 20% for SDN Members
19 – 20 November 2013
Cardiff, Wales, UK
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SDN Members day / Students and PhD day
18 November 2013
Cardiff, Wales, UK
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SDN Finland

Service Design Drinks
5 November, 2013 at 18.30
Helsinki, Finland
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SDN Poland

International Service Design Conference
12 - 13 December 2013
Katowice, Poland
Birgit Mager, Keynote speaker
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Conferences:

Great Outdoors of Design 2013
25 October 2013
Einhoven, Netherlands
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UXconference 2013 
The Future of Healthcare
-20% for SDN Members
26 October 2013
Lugano, Switzerland
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Service Design Tourism Conference
7 – 9 November, 2013
Sarasota, Florida
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Interaction14
5 - 8 February, 2014
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Workshops:

Service Design Thinking training
19 – 20 November 2013
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Global Sustainibility Jam
22 – 24 November 2013
Everywhere
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Seminars:

Service Design for Business
17 – 18 October 2013
London, UK
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Ethnography and Design in a Growing Discipline: Challenges for Research in Design for Service
24 October 2013
Linköping, SE
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