How to format your work with accessibility and style in mind
Practical design tips you can follow to improve the readability of documents and presentations Introduction to accessibility There’s a lot…
Read moreA Week of Service Design in Wales
In December 2019, the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) in Newport hosted an amazing week of service design-related events. The week…
Read moreCommuting: a case study on collaborating
Commuting: most people do it, most people hate it. We know men do more of the longer commutes, and our…
Read moreDigital Leaders retro
It’s official: Digital Leaders week is over for 2019! From the 17 to 21 June we hosted 6 events on…
Read moreThings we learnt when we hired six designers at the same time
This year we’ve interviewed, hired and welcomed six new interaction and graphic designers to the Digital Publishing team at ONS…
Read moreWhy ONS needs to hire service designers
What is a service? “A service is something that helps someone to do something.” – Lou Downe, Head of Design…
Read moreInternational Design in Government Conference: Day One
A round-up of day one at the International Design in Government Conference, by Matt Weeks. This July I attended the…
Read moreRedesigning bulletins (my first, and Benjy’s second, Design Sprint)
As you may have seen from Darren’s blog post, we are focussing on redesigning our statistical bulletins. To kick-start this work,…
Read moreWhat’s French for data visualisation?
Conferences are a great way to learn and view the wider field of your profession. Often in data visualisation, you…
Read moreMaking better bulletins – let’s start with what we know
Statistical bulletins are a critical part of what we do at the ONS. They are read by more people than…
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