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Message: <table width="402" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <tr> <td width="1" bgcolor="#cccccc"> </td> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="380"><h1 style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; color: #353535; font-weight: 200;">Engine nominated for London Design Museum Designs of the Year 2009 Awards</h1> <div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #353535; margin: 15px 0 0 0; Letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 170%;"><p><a href="http://www.enginegroup.co.uk/assets/pdf/Design_Museum_Designs_of_the_year_award_Engine_Press_Release_Final.pdf">Download the full pdf press release here (1.9MB)</a>. </p> <p> The <a href="http://www.designmuseum.org">Design Museum</a> in London has announced the nominations for the annual Brit Insurance <a href="http://www.designsoftheyear.com/">Designs of the Year</a> award and we are thrilled to have been nominated along with our partners at Kent County Council for the first ever service design project to be included in the award. </p> <p> Design is more commonly associated with a process that goes on behind closed doors, the result of which reaches the user after it has been produced by industry, crafted my artisans or put together by builders. The special case of the <a href="http://www.enginegroup.co.uk/projects/pcs_page/building_a_social_innovation_lab">Social Innovation Lab for Kent (SILK)</a> is that the design process is shared with users and providers of public services to create real results that mean more for being reached together. </p> <p> This is primarily a communication project - from the sphere of service design - that has been developed for Kent County Council by service design company, Engine. SILK was designed as the tangible manifestation of a new way of working for teams and individuals across the Council and the County. It includes a toolkit of methods and techniques, an information sharing platform and a consistent user-led methodology for running projects. </p> <p> One of the <a href="http://www.enginegroup.co.uk/projects/pcs_page/engaging_fathers">projects focused on the practical challenges fathers face in spending time with their children</a>, looking at how they could be supported. The co-design team developed a new scheme that provides parents with reduced rates on local activities and family related services. By co-ordinating this scheme, the Seashells children and families centre will enable a growing pool of local dads to spend more quality time with their children on their own terms. </p> <p> We’re very excited that the Design Museum has recognised this groundbreaking approach to design practice and public service policy creation for the first time. </p> <p> The exhibition opens 12 February and the category winners will be announced on 24 February and the overall winner will be awarded at the Awards Dinner on 18 March at the Design Museum. For more information please visit the <a href="http://www.designsoftheyear.com/">Designs of the Year website</a> </p></div> <a style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #ea3300; text-decoration: none;" href="http://engine.pmhclients.com/projects/pcs_page/engine_nominated_for_london_design_museum_designs_of_the_year_2009_awards">View article here</a> </td> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="1" bgcolor="#cccccc"> </td> </tr> </table>
Download the full pdf press release here (1.9MB).
The Design Museum in London has announced the nominations for the annual Brit Insurance Designs of the Year award and we are thrilled to have been nominated along with our partners at Kent County Council for the first ever service design project to be included in the award.
Design is more commonly associated with a process that goes on behind closed doors, the result of which reaches the user after it has been produced by industry, crafted my artisans or put together by builders. The special case of the Social Innovation Lab for Kent (SILK) is that the design process is shared with users and providers of public services to create real results that mean more for being reached together.
This is primarily a communication project - from the sphere of service design - that has been developed for Kent County Council by service design company, Engine. SILK was designed as the tangible manifestation of a new way of working for teams and individuals across the Council and the County. It includes a toolkit of methods and techniques, an information sharing platform and a consistent user-led methodology for running projects.
One of the projects focused on the practical challenges fathers face in spending time with their children, looking at how they could be supported. The co-design team developed a new scheme that provides parents with reduced rates on local activities and family related services. By co-ordinating this scheme, the Seashells children and families centre will enable a growing pool of local dads to spend more quality time with their children on their own terms.
We’re very excited that the Design Museum has recognised this groundbreaking approach to design practice and public service policy creation for the first time.
The exhibition opens 12 February and the category winners will be announced on 24 February and the overall winner will be awarded at the Awards Dinner on 18 March at the Design Museum. For more information please visit the Designs of the Year website
