Earlier this year, I shadowed two senior content designers bringing Census 2021 to life. In the world of census, nothing…
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As an English literature graduate, I have always associated old, leather-bound books with great works of fiction. But when I…
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Here’s a simple guide to embedding our interactive maps and charts and making them responsive, so they look their best…
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TL; DR? Our scrollytelling articles are built with Svelte, Layer Cake and Mapbox GL JS (v1). You can view our…
Read more on How we build scrollytelling articlesPractical design tips you can follow to improve the readability of documents and presentations Introduction to accessibility There’s a lot…
Read more on How to format your work with accessibility and style in mindIn December 2019, the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) in Newport hosted an amazing week of service design-related events. The week…
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Commuting: most people do it, most people hate it. We know men do more of the longer commutes, and our…
Read more on Commuting: a case study on collaboratingIt’s official: Digital Leaders week is over for 2019! From the 17 to 21 June we hosted 6 events on…
Read more on Digital Leaders retroThis year we’ve interviewed, hired and welcomed six new interaction and graphic designers to the Digital Publishing team at ONS…
Read more on Things we learnt when we hired six designers at the same timeWhat is a service? “A service is something that helps someone to do something.” – Lou Downe, Head of Design…
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