Teams Matter Too!
Teams Matter Too!
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...
21.10.2025 10:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Irish Heart Foundation – Service Design for Digital Transformation of Patient Support
Irish Heart Foundation – Service Design for Digital Transformation of Patient Support
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-...
15.10.2025 10:46 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Designing Together
Designing Together
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...
06.10.2025 14:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
How to make the most of online workshops
How to make the most of online workshops
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
01.10.2025 09:21 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Sketching the Future - with Service Blueprints
Sketching the Future - with Service Blueprints
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
24.09.2025 08:58 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Visitor Experience Research & Co-Design for National Museum of Ireland
In 2023, Context Studio was selected to provide NMI with Visitor Experience Research services and we’ve been privileged to work with their teams since.
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
22.09.2025 10:39 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A Use Case for AI - Accessible Documentation
A Use Case for AI - Accessible Documentation
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...
17.09.2025 10:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
5 Ways Design Research can benefit your Business or Organisation
5 Ways Design Research can benefit your Business or Organisation
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...
15.09.2025 13:41 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Create - Mapping The Experience of The Artist in The Community Scheme
Create - Mapping The Experience of The Artist in The Community Scheme
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/
12.08.2025 09:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
When Harry met Service Design!
Our own Harry Cloney reflects on his journey into service design, and what he's learned along the way.
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...
08.08.2025 11:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
From Grassroots to Government – learning from Ireland’s journey towards design for Better Public Services - Don Norman Design Award
By John Lynch, Founder and Director of Context Studio. Dublin, Ireland
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...
26.06.2025 14:37 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
From Plan to Do: Designing climate action with and for communities – 100 Archive
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...
23.05.2025 09:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Design Principal 9 - We will build, test, learn & iterate
Design Principal 9 - We will build, test, learn & iterate
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...
20.03.2025 11:39 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Close-up of a woman’s phone in her hand. The HSE Health App is open. The text says ‘The HSE Health App puts your health in your hands. Download the HSE Health App today’.
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
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And a joy to work with you and the fab Connecting Cabra community :)
25.02.2025 17:50 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
YouTube video by Creative Ireland
From Plan To Do: Sustainable Energy Community Meet Up
Check out the highlights from our Sustainable Energy Communities: Moving From Plan To Do SEC meet-up in November 2024.
youtu.be/XY9Idum_a7M?...
20.02.2025 16:13 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
Design Principle 8 - We will design to deliver value in all its forms
Design Principle 8 - We will design to deliver value in all its forms
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...
07.02.2025 14:54 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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.
25.01.2025 12:34 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Bounce 2025 Reflection; ‘Bucket Showers to Goose Attacks’
Bounce 2025 Reflection; ‘Bucket Showers to Goose Attacks’
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-...
17.01.2025 11:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
You’re very welcome @kevindevine.bsky.social! Have a good one!
13.12.2024 21:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Welcome Dee!
Welcome Dee!
We’re excited to announce that Deirdre Power has joined the Context Studio team as our newest Service Design Lead!
contextstudio.ie/welcome-dee/
28.11.2024 15:27 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
From Plan To Do: Renters Co-Design Event – Climate Chats and Chips
Through the Creative Ireland Spark Creative Climate Action Fund, Context Studio partnered with Connecting Cabra Sustainable Energy Community to bring ideas for community…
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
14.09.2024 08:29 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
Hello world!
18.11.2024 20:24 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
John Lynch on Fireside with Voxgig Podcast
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-…
27.01.2023 11:17 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Learning Service Design...
Are you thinking about learning Service Design?
contextstudio.ie/learning-servi…
24.01.2023 11:52 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
5 Ways Design Research can benefit your Business or Organisation
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-…
19.01.2023 16:16 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Design is my job. Founded Context Studio to improve life in Ireland by designing better services. (www.contextstudio.ie) #ServiceDesign
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