Tag: Service Design Network

  • Transformation Through Service Design – Service Design Global Conference 2013

    “Is service design more in love with the process than the outcome? Do we want to be defined by processes, or outcomes and impact?” Lee Sankley provoked the audience in the Wales Millenium Center last Tuesday. Unlike the singers and dancers that usually take the impressive stage, Lee Sankley is group design director at finance…

  • A Sneak Peek into Palmu Inc. Society

    The Palmu Society Service Design Seminar was held on the 13th of November at the Korjaamo Culture Factory in Helsinki. The event was a closed seminar for Palmu Inc.’s clients and their clients. Event organiser Palmu Inc. is a Finnish service design based organisation. Here’s how they define themselves: Palmu Inc. is the fastest growing service…

  • Service Design Network Finland founded

    Laurea University of Applied Sciences took the initiative in establishing the Finnish Chapter for Service Design Network on Oct. 23, 2012. Laurea strengthens thus its forerunner position in developing the Finnish service business. The objectives of the SDN Finland are to: spread knowledge about service design , its benefits and opportunities in Finland support the creation…

  • Experiences from organizing the first German SDN Service Design Conference

    by Melanie Wendland, Master Programme SID 2011 Conference Context As Group Design Lead of Fjord’s Service Design Academy, I was involved in organizing the first German version of the Service Design Network conference. Together with Thomas Schönweitz, the leader of the German chapter, Nancy Birkhölzer, Group Director of the Service Design Academy, was co-chairing the…

  • Chapter benchmarking

    A trip to the German SDN Chapter conference in Cologne showed that a national chapter is a great forum to share and gain service design knowledge close to home. It also brings local service design people together to share service experiences and ideas  from business, academy and the design world.  I had a special interest…