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This is Service Design Doing method library

The free online companion to the book: over fifty methods for research, ideation, prototyping and facilitation, each with a step-by-step description.

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  • The practical companion to service design, covering research, ideation, prototyping and implementation with a large method library. Widely used as a course text.

  • A method for mapping a service end to end, showing what the user experiences alongside the frontstage and backstage work that makes it happen. Explained clearly by Nielsen Norman Group.

  • An open collection of communication tools and methods for designing services, started by Roberta Tassi and maintained as a shared library.

  • Figma's collaborative whiteboard, often used by teams who already prototype in Figma for workshops and mapping.

  • A volunteer-run weekend where people in cities around the world prototype new services around a shared theme. No experience needed.

  • The UK government's manual for designing and running public services: the Service Standard, guidance on discovery, alpha, beta and live, and on user research and service design.