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Service Design Award

Sex, Intimacy and the Service Design Award

When it comes to sex and intimacy, follow your heart – These Service Design Award finalists have shed major light on the healthcare sector. Sex and intimacy in care homes is an often taboo and neglected subject that has a significant impact on the wellbeing of people living with dementia and their families. This project has managed to provide people affected by dementia with actual solutions regarding conflicts related to sex, intimacy and relationships. Find the whole case online.
Read about it.
SDN Chapter News

Three Service Design Maturity Models

Here’s what SDN Finland has been up to! They have taken a good look at the levels of design maturity in corporate culture: How is design applied in your own or client’s organization? Does it mean just pretty images, or does it have an effect on a strategic level? Design maturity models can be used to evaluate the level of applying design in your organization. In this article, you’ll hear about three different design maturity models and what kind of feedback professional designers gave about them.
Read the whole article.
SDGC19 News

Designed Intelligence: Prepare for the Future

According to Connor Upton and Anna Skrypnychenko of Fjord, human and AI collaboration is the key to maximising the potential of AI-powered services. Joining us during our SDGC19 Masterclass programming, these two experts will look to share their insights and knowledge regarding the work they have done within the field of AI while taking participants through activities and micro-lectures that will help to create a better understanding of this often daunting subject matter.
Learn more.
SDGC19 News

Hurry: Workshop Registration Is Open

Double diamond, purpose-driven circular economy, inclusive co-design, chatting chatbots, design innovation spaces... and that is just a glimpse of all workshops' topics offered at SDGC19 next month. Loads of amazing opportunities for some practical service design input. We've just opened registration. After buying your conference ticket you will receive all necessary information for the workshop registration per mail. Hurry up to get your seat. The workshops are filling up.
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SDN Academy

The SDN Academy Keeps Growing

Only recently did we launch the SDN Academy. And already we are able to add more and more courses all around the world. In collaboration with our top-notch SDN Accredited Trainers we are extremely pleased to offer many new learning opportunities to this platform of professional training. Profit from the knowledge of our experts with latest insights and tools: Journey mapping, co-creation and ideation or policy design and more below:
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Case Study

Engaging Users with Service Safaris

The latest addition to the SDN Case Study Library comes from service designers Tiina Kirvesniemi and Jaana Poikolainen who have recently shared the results of work within the Finnish youth-based social service system. Utilising a service design approach, the participating team looked to develop potential services for at-risk youth by defining their needs and behavioural patterns with the use of Service Safari. Learn more about the project and their outcomes by visiting our case study library.
Read the whole case
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