Communities
Service design is a sociable practice. These are the places people gather: professional networks and their local chapters, independent meetups, cross-government communities and online groups.
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International organisation supporting the development of service design practice, with local chapters, an academy, a journal and an annual conference.
The community for service, interaction and content designers working in and around the UK government, coordinated through the GOV.UK Service Manual.
A volunteer-run weekend where people in cities around the world prototype new services around a shared theme. No experience needed.
Occasional evening meetups in Manchester run by the Service Design Network UK chapter, usually hosted by a local studio or public sector team.
The Service Design and Innovation conference, the main academic gathering for service design research, held every two years with open proceedings.
A free early-morning meetup in Brighton for people from Sussex and the South East, hosted by Clearleft every two months. Networking over breakfast, sometimes with a guest speaker.
Informal evening meetup for the Amsterdam service design community, hosted by a rotating set of studios.
Long-running informal monthly meetup for service designers in Berlin, with short talks followed by conversation.
A volunteer-run festival of talks, workshops and open studios in London, running alongside the London Design Festival each September.
The UK chapter of the Service Design Network, running talks, socials and an annual chapter conference for practitioners across the country.
London's long-running service design meetup, going since 2015, with roughly monthly talks for experienced practitioners, newcomers and the curious alike. Also a podcast and a YouTube channel of recorded talks.
International association for people working at the meeting point of systems thinking and design. Runs the annual Relating Systems Thinking and Design symposium.
The Scottish Government's framework and community for designing public services with the people who use them, with a shared method bank.