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A taxonomy of deceptive design patterns, laws, cases, reading list, hall of shame, and Deceptive Patterns book
A pilot program that connected a cohort of volunteer experts with City staff to answer questions and make recommendations using best practices in user research. Seattle By Design is a partnership between U.S Digital Response (USDR) and Seattle Innovation & Performance.
The Digital Services team works to make city services more accessible and inclusive for Chicago residents. It’s our mission to listen, amplify, and design with the community to build better technology experiences for everyone.
Penpot is the Open-Source Design & Prototyping Tool for Product Teams (Figma alternative)
Use this design system to make government services consistent with GOV.UK. Learn from the research and experience of other service teams and avoid repeating work that’s already been done.
A design system for the federal government.
Users choose which resources they want to "consume", or load, to reduce the website's footprint
The Biden Administration's approach to human-centered design to re-orient government around a core set of "life experience" personas
This laboratory was formed as an effort to develop design methods and practices, which on the one hand are based on technological developments, and on the other, based on the development of social, cultural, and political issues and theories.
WE CREATE MEANINGFUL CONVERSATION WITH DATA + DESIGN + STORY.
A library of design interventions to encourage prosocial behaviors online
This site loads one of a series of prompts to help the user empathize with people experiencing various conditions, from Multiple Sclerosis to near-sightedness.
Humanity Innovation Labs is an agile consultancy that offers Mixed Methods Research, UX/UI, and Industrial Design services for emerging technologies within wearable computing (e.g. physical devices and digital experiences).
Terreform ONE is a nonprofit architecture and urban design research group. We endeavor to combat the extinction of planetary species through pioneering acts of design.
We are a collective that helps designers impacted by the conflict in Ukraine reach safety and find new work opportunities.
The Design System makes it easy for state digital teams to build accessible, consistent, and performant services and products to meet Californians’ needs.
We make one-year, $50,000 investments in faculty from across the university who want to conceptualize new impact labs through participation in our year-long Impact Lab Design Fellowship.
Collaborating with Philadelphians to design better City policies and services.
The Civic Design Library is a crowdsourced data set of civic design resources created by global practitioners working at the intersection of design and the public sector.
IDEO.org is a nonprofit design studio. We design products and services alongside organizations that are committed to creating a more just and inclusive world.
Join us as the 2022 Civic Design Fellow. In a 4-month program, from January to April, you’ll take your interest in democracy as a design problem to the next level, working with the Center for Civic Design team and completing an independent project exploring the intersection of language access and voting participation.
The Observatory of Public Sector Innovation's compendium of toolkits for public sector innovation and transformation, curated by OPSI and our partners around the world
A 501(c)3 nonprofit that works with residents, organizations, and municipalities to help improve the quality of life of all people in communities. We do this through engagement, education, connection and design.
Our free digital curriculum allows educators, civic organizers, and community leaders to help new voters find clarity on what leadership qualities are most important to them in a U.S. President -- and why.