The Content service works alongside statistical teams to create accessible and impactful content. Our recent project to transform the Measures…
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Read more on 50 years on: are our digital releases more user-friendly than their print predecessors?As a Content Design team for the Office for National Statistics, we are frequently asked to give advice on how…
Read more on Writing for our usersIn December 2019, the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) in Newport hosted an amazing week of service design-related events. The week…
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I’m really proud of what I’ve achieved so far and who I’ve been privileged to work with. Taking that and…
Read more on Tackling Product into a thingIt’s official: Digital Leaders week is over for 2019! From the 17 to 21 June we hosted 6 events on…
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As you may have seen from Darren’s blog post, we are focussing on redesigning our statistical bulletins. To kick-start this work,…
Read more on Redesigning bulletins (my first, and Benjy’s second, Design Sprint)Statistical bulletins are a critical part of what we do at the ONS. They are read by more people than…
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