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Service Design

• Service Design, Idealism

  Lazy iPhone 4 designers

  06.25.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  “Gripping any mobile phone will result in some attenuation of its antenna performance, with certain places being worse than others depending on the placement of the antennas. This is a fact of life for every wireless phone. If you ever experience this on your iPhone 4, avoid gripping it in the lower left corner in […]

• Service Design, Resources, Methods, Tools

  Methods Libraries to Suit Every Mood

  05.17.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  I’m a methods nerd. Does this surprise you? I’m a methods nerd but not so much of one that I have carefully documented and archived every method I’ve used or come across. Happily, some folks from various disciplines have been developing methods libraries to share with their constituents. Some of these databases are really useful […]

• Service Design, Definitions, Collaboration

  Service Design supplement in the UK Guardian

  03.15.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  The UK Guardian today has a 10 page supplement on Service Design. It’s exciting to see a description of the discipline paired with concrete examples of its power laid out in plain language.
  So far, a couple of concepts have jumped out at me. They aren’t particularly revolutionary, but well articulated.

  Nick Marsh’s discussion of Silent Designers. […]

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