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Finally we are sharing the final concepts of Design for Government course in video!! The final Show took place on May 28, 2014. If you’re interested in the event itself, see the previous post 1. Shifting Gear (Accessibility Communication) The team: Nina Isabella Wester, Sasha Kazantsev, Lilli Maaria Mäkelä, Bárbara Paz Rebolledo Bustamante, and Eeva-Maria Piiparinen (first … Read more
Design for government (DfG) Final Show took place at Master of Aalto (MOA) exhibition space near Esplanadi park, Helsinki, with a number of experts as guest critic including academics, design professionals, and representatives from the industry.
After many weeks of iteration, student teams have come to a point to make decision – which idea to select and develop further for the client? – Part I
After many weeks of iteration, student teams have come to a point to make decision – which idea to select and develop further for the client? – Part II
The inspiration block started off with a brief Q&A session on Skype with Kit Lykketoft, the Deputy Director of MindLab. Later in the morning, we met Outi Kuittinen, the head of Co-creation at Demos Helsinki. We finished the very intense but inspiring day with an evening with yet another Skype conference with Chelsea Mauldin from the New York based Public Policy Lab.
Human centered design is all about empathic approach to the problem. The HCD Block started with planning our design research. After planning, two days of the HCD block were reserved for field work.
In Systems Thinking block, we learned about systems thinking while creating our maps with the supporting lectures, assigned reading material and exercises. Thinking back, when we started applying systems thinking to our project the first question was where to start. What is the best approach or framing?
The first day of Design for Government was opened by Marco Steinberg’s talk: Redesigned State. Marco runs the strategic design practice, Snowcone & Haystack, based out of Helsinki. Prior to Snowcone & Haystack, Marco was Strategic Design Director at Sitra, the Finnish Innovation Fund (2008-2013).
During the first week, we have got a tremendous input from our teachers – Seungho, Hella, and Juha – as well as guest speakers including Marco Steinberg, Tiina-Kaisa Laakso-Liukkonen, Jaana Hyvärinen.
*DfG course students, you are automatically in, so please do not RSVP. DfG has prepared two lectures for the public. Unfortunately we have very limited seats, so please RSVP by using the following links. Part I – Strategic Design, Mar 24, 2014 10:30 Marco Steinberg Marco Steinberg runs the strategic design practice, Snowcone & Haystack, … Read more