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Design community

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The design community exists to:

  • make sure that government services are designed to meet user needs
  • create and support a peer group of designers across government
  • collaboratively create and improve design patterns and best practice
  • build and support the practice of design in government
  • share and develop design knowledge and skills across government
  • discuss and challenge the way government designs services

Who the community is for

You might be interested in this community if you work on government services in any of these roles:

  • interaction designer
  • graphic designer
  • service designer
  • content designer
  • product analyst

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Getting involved

If you鈥檙e interested in discussing design issues, you can:

  • join the digital service designers mailing list - you can request access by emailing [email protected] using your government email address.
  • join the or on the UK government Slack - you can create a Slack account using your government email address
  • share ideas on the
  • write blog posts for the or the
  • follow and use the and hashtags on Twitter
  • join the cross-government content community Basecamp

If you cannot access any of these discussion spaces, email [email protected] for help.

User-centred design training, events and meetups

The user-centred design communities run user-centred design training, events and meetups to help support research and design practitioners across government.

The team is also responsible for , a nationwide, cross-government event that looks at how we can work together to deliver end-to-end, user-focused services.

Community resources

You may find these resources useful:

  • the Service Manual to understand how to meet the Service Standard
  • the government design principles to guide your work
  • the to source styles, components and patterns for your designs
  • the to learn more about design in government
  • about user-centred design in government
  • the to prototype services that look and work like 188体育
  • the to find posters and stickers from the government design community

You should also read the:

Some blog posts worth reading:

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Last update:

Added links to several new course dates

  1. Added link to training now open for registration: user research in government: a basic introduction (London).

  2. Guidance first published