1. Explore
  2. Events

SDN UK meetup, Manchester

Occasional evening meetups in Manchester run by the Service Design Network UK chapter, usually hosted by a local studio or public sector team.

Visit website (external link)service-design-network.org

Good for questions like

  • The UK chapter of the Service Design Network, running talks, socials and an annual chapter conference for practitioners across the country.

  • Co-author of Service Design: From Insight to Implementation, host of the Power of Ten podcast, and a writer on design at many scales.

  • A 2021 paper proposing a power literacy framework for service designers, covering privilege, access, goals, roles and rules. Open access copy from TU Delft.

  • Professor of service design at Köln International School of Design since 1995 and founding president of the Service Design Network.

  • The community for service, interaction and content designers working in and around the UK government, coordinated through the GOV.UK Service Manual.

  • The UK's national strategic body for design, home of the Double Diamond and the Systemic Design Framework.