{"id":2587,"date":"2014-01-08T11:09:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-08T11:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/six.stimulatingminds.co.uk\/?p=2587"},"modified":"2022-07-07T11:29:52","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T11:29:52","slug":"design-public-and-social-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socialinnovationexchange.org\/legacy\/design-public-and-social-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Design in public and social innovation: What works and what could work better"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What\u2019s going right and what\u2019s going wrong? Is design a key to more efficient and effective&nbsp;public services, or a costly luxury, good for conferences and consultants but not for the public? This Nesta paper looks at the elements of the design method; the strengths of current models; some of their weaknesses and the common criticisms made of them; and what might be the way forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contents:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Strengths of the design method in social innovation and public service<\/li><li>Social design tools table<\/li><li>Weaknesses of design projects and methods<\/li><li>The challenge<\/li><li>Design in the context of innovation<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-orange-color has-text-color\" href=\"https:\/\/socialinnovationexchange.org\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Design-in-public-and-social-innovation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download report<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What\u2019s going right and what\u2019s going wrong? 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