Chris Brain

Service designers at GDS mainly design services for other government departments to help them to deliver public services. In this blog post a few of them share examples of the kind of work they do: designnotes.blog.gov.uk/2022/08/25/a-d… #ServiceDesign

Fabulous blog from our mentor @ChrisBrainUX @Digi_District on running mini retros and testing with real life users. 🚀 #uxdesign medium.com/design-club/me…

Our first Mentor Show + Tell is on 2 March! Join us to hear @londrareale @ChrisBrainUX @loveyourusers and Rose Tan share tips + insights. 💜🌈 #uxdesign meetup.com/designclub/eve…

This is why we do design #UsabilityTesting. Users do things we don’t necessarily expect.

Giving people space to fail without fear doesn't just create a healthier environment. It empowers teams, it encourages transparency, and it’s bloody effective. youtu.be/9vJRopau0g0 #FailFastLearnQuickly #OnlyNewMistakes #agile #SuperMario

Exploring ways to reboot #DesignClub: thanks everyone who joined our Meetup last night. Special shoutout to our fab facilitators @ChrisBrainUX @amtstevens @minarama @DonGazara @gerireid @danielgost 🙌🏼🌟🚀

accessibility and usability are part of the same spectrum, but designers/engineers have somehow, as a group, tacitly, drawn the lines somewhat arbitrarily and what counts as "usability concerns" and what counts as "accessibility concerns"

An amazing opportunity to experience working with some truly awesome folks on some really meaningful projects that make a difference. All while getting paid 🤑 #digital #usercentreddesign #apprenticeships #opportunity

"Think like a system, act like an entrepreneur" An interesting article by @theRSAorg on combining the power of systems thinking with the user-centricity of design thinking. link.medium.com/wpdfldbxe7 #systemsthinking #designthinking #usercentreddesign #servicedesign #agile

A plea, to everyone — from content designers, everywhere: medium.com/ux-in-plain-en… #Content #ContentDesign #Design #DesignProcess #UX

Attention to BSL users. For the signs for Black Lives Matter, we, Black Deaf Group, prefers the sign for ‘matter’ as important. One finger represents us as human being with value. And it signifies one life, therefore it is important to stay alive and fight for equal. Thank you.

Interesting argument for why active & transitive sentence construction are more powerful From the Science of Storytelling

Addressing systemic racism is integral to an inclusive Public Service. Tackling it takes self-reflection, courage, and action. Let’s start by considering some important questions:

@QandR Just a note to let you know I referenced this research in an article. Great work 👏 twitter.com/ChrisBrainUX/s…

New research reveals psychological impact of working from home questionandretain.co.uk/2020/05/26/psy…

Will you want to continue working from home after lockdown? This is why I think your answer shouldn't be based on the last 12 weeks. #workingfromhome #wfh #remoteworking #mentalhealth #lockdown #homeschooling linkedin.com/pulse/truth-lo…

@ChrisBrainUX @ContentDesignLN This is gold Chris! I am saving this to share with anyone who ever asks me "Aren't you just a content writer".

@ContentDesignLN Thanks for the share folks 🙌

Using VR to prototype infrastructure, and observe and measure users’ experiences of non-digital touchpoints. linkedin.com/pulse/gamifyin… #usercentreddesign #ucd #userexperience #ux #vr #userresearch #usability #accessibikity #gamification #transport

@fiveideasaday Ideas usually relate to problems. One of the most effective ways I helped people ideate is framing problems as ‘how might we’ statements. #designthinking for the win spin.atomicobject.com/2018/12/12/how…

What are the ways you can encourage idea generation?