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  • Design Meets Business

    Posted by Juho Hyvärinen I had an honor to participate in a design seminar in Helsinki City Hall on Thursday 18.11. Although having lived my whole life in Helsinki I think this was the first time I actually visited the city hall inside. The surroundings were grand and in my opinion proper setting for afternoon…

  • Service Design meets Futures Thinking #2

    A research based series of posts discussing the statement “Futures Research supports the Service Design process in multiple ways and throughout the whole process” by Minna Koskelo and Anu K. Nousiainen. Part #2: Synergistic Principles of Service Design and Futures Research We start our second blog post with where we left you in the first…

  • Meet the guardian angels of the Service Innovation & Design (SID) Masters Programme

    The competence the students gain in Laurea’s international SID Masters Programme is  on a world class. The SID Masters Programme was launched in 2009 as the first SID Masters Programme in the world. This pioneering initiative has started very well. The programme has attracted highly motivated and talented students from all over the world. The…

  • Service Design meets Futures Thinking – IN ACTION

    Before our 2nd blog post for the series of Service Design meets Futures Thinking, we have a special news for you ! The first test environment for combining Futures Thinking with Design Thinking takes place in Helsinki in two weeks ! This is an invitation to all design thinkers, futures thinkers, strategic minds and innovative…

  • Service Design meets Futures Thinking

    A series of posts discussing the statement “Futures Research supports the Service Design process in multiple ways and throughout the whole process”. Part #1: Conclusions based on the first round of literature review by Minna Koskelo and Anu K. Nousiainen. This is the first post by the authors regarding the “Service Design meets Futures Thinking”…

  • Experiences from the first SID student group

    In this story, a student from the very first SID Master’s group tells how everything went from the first idea of starting the studies to the point in which all the studies including the Master’s thesis are completed. This is a very long story. So, sit comfortably before you start the journey through the SID studies.…

  • Pioneering in the service innovation & design field

    Exactly three years ago, in May 2009, we were living exciting times at Laurea University of Applied Sciences. After a lengthy development process of the unique Master’s degree programme in Service Innovation and Design, it was finally time to select the first group of students. The modern degree programme had gathered over 200 applicants, and…