The second of the Design Principles for Government in Ireland brings sweeping ambition… to design to be inclusive is to ensure that nobody - absolutely nobody - is left behind. In this post, we look back on Design Principle 2 Read the full piece → contextstudio.ie/design-princ...

In our article: “Teams Matter Too”, we dive into why strong, aligned, and supported teams are fundamental to doing meaningful service design — not just clever processes or slick tools. When the people behind the work thrive, impact follows. contextstudio.ie/teams-matter...

We partnered with the Irish Heart Foundation to reimagine how digital tools could better support patients and volunteers. Through system mapping and co-design, we uncovered needs, align systems, and shape a service blueprint, all grounded in real lived experience. contextstudio.ie/irish-heart-...

Some call it co-design or co-creation... but we like to call it designing together! Read Sean Casey's article on what we mean by designing together: contextstudio.ie/designing-to...

Online workshops are now a fact of life, but facilitating online deserves just as much consideration as when in person. Sean Casey captured some of the key principles we apply at Context Studio. contextstudio.ie/how-to-make-... #ServiceDesign #DesignThinking #Facilitation #BetterPublicServices

What are Ireland's Design Principles for Government? contextstudio.ie/what-are-ire... #ServiceDesign #BetterPublicServices

The service blueprint, in all it's various forms, continues to be the key tool of the service designer. Our own Sean Casey wrote a primer for those who are curious to blueprint the future! contextstudio.ie/sketching-th... #ServiceDesign #BetterPublicServices #DesignThinking

Ireland is known as the land of 1000 welcomes, so it was our privilege to work with our National Museum, taking the service design approach to explore visitor experience - now, and into the future... contextstudio.ie/visitor-expe... #ServiceDesign #DesignThinking #Museum #BetterPublicServices

It seems the AI hype simply won't go away. We're always curious about tech, but cautiously curious! This exploration from 2023 shows how AI might help make public consultation a little more accessible, while easing the burden of administration. contextstudio.ie/a-use-case-f...

Good research is the basis of successful service design. Knowing how people behave, how things work, uncovering needs, understanding opportunities. Could design research help your business or organisation? Sean Casey highlights some of the ways it might. contextstudio.ie/5-ways-desig...

It was our pleasure to work with the team at @createireland.bsky.social , and to involve artists and communities in this research. This project was a great example of how the design approach works best in collaboration. 📖: contextstudio.ie/create/

Our own Harry Cloney has written about his journey into service design, what he's learned along the way, and what motivates his work here at Context Studio. Read 📖 : contextstudio.ie/when-harry-m...

Context Director John Lynch wrote a guest article for the Don Norman Design Award. This article traces Ireland’s unique journey toward embedding human-centered design in government—from volunteer networks to official action plans. 📖 Read the full story: dnda.design/from-grassro...

Our own Áine Power has been chosen as an official challenger for Bounce Design Challenge in collaboration with @aplayfulcity.bsky.social contextstudio.ie/aine-selecte...

Our own Aine Power and John Lynch sat down with Design Declares Ireland to talk about how a human-centred design approach can help communities move from ambition to climate action and their experience with our From Plan to Do project. Read the full article: www.100archive.com/articles/fro...

In the final post of our series exploring the Design Principles for Government in Ireland, we take a look at Design Principle 10 - “We will work to make things simpler” contextstudio.ie/design-princ...

In the penultimate post of our series exploring the Design Principles for Government in Ireland, we tackle Design Principle 9 - "We will build, test, learn & iterate". contextstudio.ie/design-princ...

You can now download the new HSE Health App. With a verified MyGovID, you can safely and securely store your self-declared medication details in the app. Expectant mothers can also see their upcoming maternity appointments. More features will be added in the future. Find out more: hse.ie/health-app

Check out the highlights from our Sustainable Energy Communities: Moving From Plan To Do SEC meet-up in November 2024. youtu.be/XY9Idum_a7M?...

Design Principle #8 opens a few cans of worms... This design principle commits to designing for value, but also draws attention to the fact that value is a broad concept." Read episode 8 of our Government Design Principles breakdown: contextstudio.ie/08-we-will-d...

That’s us gone from Twitter. Our history of tweets is now here on BlueSky. We’ll delete the account on the other place after a few months but won’t be posting there anymore.

Our own Rebecca Fagan has written a reflection on her highlight from this year's Bounce design event she attended with Tim in Trinity College. contextstudio.ie/bounce-2025-...

You’re very welcome @kevindevine.bsky.social! Have a good one!

last night was an invited speaker at the Leinster SEC Meet up facilitated by @contextstudio.bsky.social and featuring their Creative Ireland project with @connectingcabra.bsky.social they shared PLAN TO DO for sustainable energy communities www.fromplantodo.ie 1/2

We’re excited to announce that Deirdre Power has joined the Context Studio team as our newest Service Design Lead! contextstudio.ie/welcome-dee/

Renters can be left out of discussions about retrofitting / energy efficiency in homes. Context Studio held a session for renters in Dublin 7 called "Climate Chats and Chips" where renters were able to network and collaborate, to come up with solutions to help them decarbonise. vimeo.com/1008813257

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This week, our own @johnlync has appeared on the “Fireside with VoxGig” podcast. Speaking to Voxgig CEO Richard Rodger, John expands on the role that a service-design mindset can play in the world of developer relations... contextstudio.ie/john-lynch-on-…

Are you thinking about learning Service Design? contextstudio.ie/learning-servi…

Our own Sean Casey on some of the value that a #DesignResearch approach can bring to service organisations... #ServiceDesign #Innovation #DesignThinking contextstudio.ie/5-ways-design-…

In 2022 we celebrated our 4th birthday! Here's a recap including work with @CorkCoCo, @deptjusticeirl, @IDIIreland, and @Irishheart_ie and exciting progress for design impact in Ireland...#ServiceDesign #Innovation #DesignThinking #GovDesignIRL contextstudio.ie/its-our-birthd…

Wishing everyone a peaceful holiday, however you spend it, and a very happy new year in 2023. #ServiceDesign Artwork by @RobStears

Our latest studio note... learn how we've been working with @DubCityCouncil to design a New Consultation & Participation Process for Disabled Persons Organisations contextstudio.ie/dublin-city-co…

Read about our work to build a better intranet with @Corkcoco. #ServiceDesign #GovDesignIRL contextstudio.ie/live-learning-…

How to Make the Most of Online Workshops... contextstudio.ie/how-to-make-th…

Our own Sean Casey has been writing about our digital discovery workshops, how we've made the best of online collaboration, and how to ensure you do too... #ServiceDesign #Facilitation #RemoteWork #designthinking contextstudio.ie/how-to-make-th…

Visiting @Corkcoco is always a pleasure, and seeing their #ServiceDesign journey on the international stage today as a delegation visits from Norway 🇳🇴 is something even us Dubs can be proud of! #GovDesignIRL #NatInnovWeekIRL

Read more about how we helped the Irish Department of Justice in the creation of the Justice Sector Innovation Strategy...#innovation #strategy #cocreation #servicedesign contextstudio.ie/designing-an-i…

Congrats to our own @johnlync! x.com/IDIIreland/sta…

Our own @johnlync has been appointed to the board of @IDIIreland! contextstudio.ie/john-lynch-app…

Don't miss this great @ixdadublin and @sdn_ie event tomorrow night! x.com/ixdadublin/sta…

Today is the last day to apply for our Autumn (paid) internship. Get your application in now to join us and work on some fascinating projects from September. contextstudio.ie/were-hiring-cs…

Last chance to apply for our Autum internship - applications close Friday! contextstudio.ie/were-hiring-cs…

Learn more about how we help startups apply design to create more successful and resilient product/service offerings, for the Danish Innovation Fund's @InnoFounder programme... contextstudio.ie/accelerating-s…

Join us at Context Studio as part of our first ever internship programme. Applications close Friday for our three month (paid) service design internship... contextstudio.ie/were-hiring-cs…

We worked with @cookpad_dev bringing a service design approach to product discovery – for a global platform with over 100m users! Learn how... contextstudio.ie/coaching-produ…

Check out our Studio Notes for news and views on service design, and projects we've worked on... contextstudio.ie/studio-notes/

Join Context Studio in September as we launch our first ever internship programme... contextstudio.ie/were-hiring-cs…

Our work with @oascities culminated in the award nominated @CityxCity Marketplace - helping local authorities find smart solutions for urban challenges. Find out more... contextstudio.ie/designing-a-ma…

Our studio is growing, will you be our Autumn intern? Our first internship is open for applications. Find out more here... contextstudio.ie/were-hiring-cs…