Prototype training: what we teach and what we've learnt
...coding and prototyping, but a lot of new designers and non-design colleagues wanted to code and make their own prototypes, but had no idea where to start. There was a...
Design
Doing less by focusing on user needs
...service quicker, simpler and cheaper (to use and probably to build too). Another way to put it is that user needs are about getting done only what’s needed. The goal...
Good icons should be invisible
Senior interaction designer Eliot Hill explains the benefits of using the Home Office icons pattern on internal services
Creating common ground with design standards
...share experimental ideas. All in the open. These experiences have helped us iterate our goals for the project by allowing us to: create a common design language across the organisation...
Knowing the right level of interaction design
...that are easy to use and understand. They’ll prototype these solutions – often in code because interactions are made of code, not mock-ups – to test ideas with users and...
Confidence tricks: how to help assisted digital users
...online forms and services, for example they don’t have a computer or smartphone, or they believe they don’t have the skills to do the same task online. Others say they...
Theory to practice: diary of an interaction design intern
I joined the Home Office 4 months ago, after completing an intensive course in user experience design at General Assembly. The course was a mix of theory, workshops and projects, all designed to mirror industry practice.
The hidden benefits of user centred design
Posted by:
Chris Taylor, Head of User-Centred Design, Posted on:
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Categories:
Design, Service design
...our ideas work. However, I have a theory that there is a hidden benefit of this approach that I don’t often hear people talk about: user centred design makes the...
Problem solving with a design sprint
While my team was going through a quiet period on current projects, I decided to run a week-long ‘design sprint’ with a smaller sub team to begin to tackle our next project. Our service is focussed on building systems that …
Designing for accessibility: an update on our accessibility posters
I wrote a blog post back in September about the accessibility posters we've created at the Home Office called ‘Dos and Don'ts on designing for accessibility' - and I thought...
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