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FOR THE DESIGN OF PUBLIC SERVICES. Presentation by: Kristel Van Ael , Namahn and Alain Denis , Yellow Window With cases from: Hatch & Bloom, Belgian designers, Engine and MAXIMALdesign. WHAT IS SERVICE DESIGN? ABOUT THIS TOO L KIT SERVICE DESIGN CASES. WHAT IS SERVICE DESIGN?.
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FOR THE DESIGN OF PUBLIC SERVICES Presentation by: Kristel Van Ael, Namahn and Alain Denis, Yellow Window With cases from: Hatch & Bloom, Belgian designers, Engine and MAXIMALdesign
WHAT IS SERVICE DESIGN? • ABOUT THIS TOOLKIT • SERVICE DESIGN CASES
WHAT IS SERVICE DESIGN? • Service design is a method for improving the quality of your service • Directed at both users and staff • Approached from a human-driven way of design thinking • Starting from the needs and requirements of users and other stakeholders • Looking for solutions together
WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT IT?_1/2 • Holistic view of service • The whole customer experience • Interdisciplinary collaboration: anthropology, strategy and design • Consistency, both digital and physical
WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT IT?_2/2 • Involvement of citizens and staff • Quality x Broad acceptance = Effectiveness • Visual approach & rapid tests • Critical thinking, creative solutions • Clear and fast communication NO THINK TANK but DO TANK
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS? • Better integration of different services and underlying processes • A dynamic and engaging approach • Often surprisingly simple solutions • Quick results
ROLE OF DESIGN FLANDERS • You can contact Design Flanders: • for information on how service designers can help you • to find a professional service design consultant to assist you with the process • for advice on contracts, patents, model protections, … • www.designvlaanderen.be/en/advice
DEVELOPED BY? • Developed by Namahn and Yellow Window: partnership for service design in collaboration with Design Flanders • Distributed for the first time on this occasion of the SEE Final conference ‘Policy, Innovation & Design’
WHAT IS THIS? • An introduction to service design, adapted for local governments and organizations • A practical do-it-yourself kit, aiming at reducing the cost of the process • A creative and human-centered method to improve public services
CONTENT • In this toolkit you will find • A manual with an introduction and step-by-step plan • 7 posters with service design techniques • Persona and touchpoint cards • On the website • 5 workshop posters • Templates • Service Design cases
MANUAL • Service design introduction
MANUAL • Step-by-step plan with four main steps: • Listen • Design • Test • Brief
SERVICE DESIGN TECHNIQUES • For each step: service design techniques on posters • Front: explanation of how to use the technique • Back: Additional templates and tools
PERSONA CARD SET • 32 cards with photos and a name of fictitious staff members and users • A starting point to define personas: archetypical users of the service
CARDS WITH TOUCHPOINTS • 48 cards with typical interactions between the user and a public service • A help to map out the customer experience
WORKSHOP POSTERS • On the website servicedesigntoolkit.org: 5 posters to use in workshops
TEMPLATES • On the website servicedesigntoolkit.org: 9 templates linked with the techniques
CASES • On the website servicedesigntoolkit.org/cases • Examples cover youth affairs, sustainable housing, care for the elderly and social integration.
THE GOOD KITCHENhow to improve the food service for elderly people?DESIGN AGENCY: HATCH & BLOOM – DENMARKCLIENT: MUNICIPALITY OF HOLSTEBRO
COFFEE TIMEhow to improve the ‘feeling at home’ of residents in an elderly home?CROSS AGENCY DESIGN TEAM – BELGIUMCLIENT: DE LIBERTEYT
ENGAGING FATHERShow to support fathers’ involvement in their children’s lives?DESIGN AGENCY: ENGINE – UKCLIENT: SEASHELLS, CITY OF SHEERNESS
IMPROVING SERVICE THROUGH BRAND EXPERIENCEdesigning the city of Antwerps' district offices based on customer wishes and needs DESIGN AGENCY: MAXIMALdesignCLIENT: CITY OF ANTWERP
DIENSTVERLENING ONTHAAL WACHTRUIMTE New service concept
CREDITS This toolkit on service design is the outcome of a partnership between two design firms, Namahn and Yellow Window, and Design Flanders.This presentation showed cases from Hatch & Bloom (DK), Cross agency design team (BE), Engine (UK), MAXIMALdesign (BE). This toolkit was first published in Dutch by Politeia (www.politeia.be) in cooperation with VVSG, the Association of Flemish Cities and Municipalities.