DfG Events

  • 2023 Final Show
    The Design for Government 2023 Final Show showcases inspiring examples of proactive and ‘designerly’ approaches to policy-making and public service provision. The event saw 6 … Read more
  • 2022 Final Show
    The Design for Government 2022 Final Show showcases inspiring examples of proactive and ‘designerly’ approaches to policy-making and public service provision. The event saw 6 … Read more
  • DfG Helsinki Design Week Online Event: “Design for government: Two cases of designing sustainability policy in Finland”
    Recording of the Helsinki Design Week Online event: 21.09.2021 (14:00 – 16:00h): “Design for government: Two cases of designing sustainabilitypolicy in Finland” Image: Original illustration … Read more
  • 2021 Final Show
    The Design for Government 2021 Final Show showcases inspiring examples of proactive and ‘designerly’ approaches to policy-making and public service provision. The event, which was … Read more
  • 2020 Final Show
    The 2020 Final Show of Design for Government (DfG) showcases new ways that multidisciplinary design can address policy-making and public-service provision! DfG’20 included 6 highly-committed and … Read more
  • DfG 2020 stakeholder workshop on ‘Just transition to post-oil heating in homes’
    This blog post reports on work-in-progress within the DfG course! The post is written by one of the three groups dealing with the Ministry of Environment’s … Read more
  • DfG 2020 stakeholder workshop on ‘Boosting climate education’
    This blog post reports on work-in-progress within the Design for Government (DfG) course! The post is written in collaboration with the three groups dealing with the project … Read more
  • 2019 Final Show
    The 2019 Final Show of Design for Government (DfG) showcases new ways that multidisciplinary design can address policy-making and public-service provision! DfG’19 included 4 highly-committed and … Read more
  • Design & Government at Helsinki Design Week
    This is a long version of a post invited by the Design Forum Finland blog, it also appears at Migri’s Inland Design blog. It’s co-authored by Anni … Read more
  • 2018 Final Show
    The 2018 Final Show of Design for Government showcases new ways that multidisciplinary design can address policy-making and public-service provision! 3 highly-committed and talented student teams … Read more
  • DfG’18 starts strong with a stakeholder workshop!
    This blog post reports on work-in-progress within the Design for Government (DfG) course! The post is written by one of the three groups working on the … Read more
  • DFG in the EU Design Days 2017
    Design for Government (DFG) and CHEMARTS were the 2 projects nominated from Aalto University for presentations at the EU Design Days 2017! Seungho Lee, founder of … Read more
  • 2017 Final Show
    The 2017 Final Show of the Design for Government (DfG) course showcased new ways that multidisciplinary design can address policy-making and public-service provision! For an … Read more
  • Design for Government at the Design Museum
    Enter and Encounter Design Museum, Korkeavuorenkatu 23, Helsinki 24 Mar – 22 Oct 2017 Design for Government is featured in an exhibition at the Design Museum … Read more
  • 2016 Final Show
    The 2016 Final Show of the Design for Government (DfG) course showcased new ways that multidisciplinary design can address policy-making and public-service provision! 6 highly-committed and … Read more
  • View the mid-review presentation slides
    Photo: Seungho Lee The 2016 Design for Government (DfG) course is halfway through and promising directions were presented in the mid-review event on 5 Apr at Tieteiden … Read more
  • DfG in Helsinki Design Week – Part 2
    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 … Read more
  • DfG in Helsinki Design Week – Part 1
    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 … Read more
  • 2015 Final Show
    Thank you so much for coming to DfG 2015 Final Show! It was a great success thanks to the hard-working students as well as the … Read more
  • Mid-term review presentation slides
    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 … Read more
  • DfG Panel Discussion 3.3.2015
    Thousand thank for those who made it to our grand opening event of the Design for Government (DfG) 2015. For those who couldn’t make it, … Read more
  • Panel Discussion on 3 March 2015
    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 … Read more
  • 2014 Final Show
    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.
  • DfG Introduction Week – March 24-28, 2014
    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.