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• Service Design, Definitions, Collaboration

  Service Design supplement in the UK Guardian

  03.15.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  The UK Guardian today has a 10 page supplement on Service Design. It’s exciting to see a description of the discipline paired with concrete examples of its power laid out in plain language.
  So far, a couple of concepts have jumped out at me. They aren’t particularly revolutionary, but well articulated.

  Nick Marsh’s discussion of Silent Designers. […]

• Definitions, Creativity

  Definitions: Create

  08.06.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  A wise woman I know has encouraged me to take on a beginner’s mind, and closely re-examine words I thought I knew. Looking up common words in the dictionary is a simple but powerful activity. Understanding actual meaning can be a powerful way to get clear around my work.
  Today, I started with the word “create”.
  Create
  to […]

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Cartographies of Imagination, by me, Sarah B. Nelson, is about navigating the world of collaboration, through methods, tools, techniques and ideas. I'll share methods, tools, and ideas to inspire you to draw on the collective wisdom around you. I'm an interaction designer and design strategist at Adaptive Path.

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