Are you a civil servant interested in how design can be applied to innovate in policy design? Are you a student interested in designing with the public sector and government? Design For Government (DfG, MUO-E8012) is a 10-ECTS advanced studio course in Aalto University’s Creative Sustainability master’s programme. DfG develops design addressing the complex challenges of … Read more
During the Helsinki Design Week 2015, we have organised a workshop inviting 11 designers and 10 civil servants to Valtimo, a joint working space of the ministries, early in the morning of September 10th. The aim of the day was to create trust and find tools for the ministries’ civil servants and designers’ to start working … Read more
Journalist Hannu Pöppönen interviewed the founders of DfG in the latest issue of Ornamo, the magazine of the Finnish Association of Designers with the same name. The article’s topic was “The design process as an opportunity to expand”, and DfG was featured as one example. Among design work, design agencies offer more and more expert … Read more
Design for Government contributed to an event, Design Driven Society, hosted by Design Driven City and Design Europe during the Helsinki Design Week at L3 building in Jätkäsaari on September 9th. The day started with a keynote on agile and participatory city development from Anthony Engi Meacock, an urban and architectural designer and co-founder of … Read more
Editor’s note: The final Show took place on May 26, 2015 at Säätytalo. In this post, we are sharing the final concepts of Design for Government 2015 in video. You can also see the event with photos in this previous post. Introduction Sirpa Kekkonen, Head of the Government Strategy Secretariat of the Prime Minister’s Office … Read more
Are you interested in new and proactive ways of policy making and public service provision? We present three such case-studies from the real challenges faced by the Finnish government. The Prime Minister’s Office (VNK) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MMM) assigned three project to Design for Government, and the five teams of highly committed … Read more
The mid-term review of Design for Government 2015 took place at Tieteiden talo, the House of Science and Letters, on 21.4.2015 from 9 to 12. In the beginning of 2015, the Prime Minister’s Office (VNK) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MMM) assigned three project to Design for Government, and the six teams of highly … Read more
You are cordially invited to the mid-term review of Design for Government 2015 at Tieteiden talo, the House of Science and Letters, on 21.4.2015 from 9 to 12. We’ll be looking forward to your feedback and comments to the hard-working teams. The Prime Minister’s Office (VNK) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MMM) assigned … Read more
Are you interested in designing with the public sector and government? Helsinki Design Lab and Design Driven City programme of Finland, Policy Lab under the UK Cabinet, MindLab of Denmark, Public Policy Lab of New York are just the beginning. Now the emergent domain of design requires a new set of skills and the right mindset … Read more
The student selection for Design for Government (DfG) 2015 is now completed, and the announcement is made to the applicants via email. If you have not received any announcement though you’ve applied to DfG 2015, please contact the responsible teacher, Seungho Lee (seungho.lee[a]aalto.fi). With best wishes, The DfG team