Why 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 moreWhat’s wrong with the way we publish data?
Most users come to our site with a question, for which they believe some data is the answer. The best…
Read moreWriting about statistics: why is shorter, better?
Here at ONS, we’re doing a lot of work on our statistical bulletins – the pages we publish alongside new…
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 moreBulletin development – making pages ‘easier to read’
What does this image look like to you? It’s actually the quarterly Crime bulletin from January this year. As part…
Read moreWhy we have produced a Beta version of a new ONS API
Make data part of the web We have it written on stickers, we have it in our open data principles…
Read moreUsing the new Beta ONS API
This is a companion post to the one Andy has published outlining ‘why’ we have built the API, and a…
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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