User centred design

Volunteering: Part one - trees and canals

Bluetit sat on a person's hand

To mark international volunteering day, Defra’s user centred design (UCD) team talk about what inspired them to take part in volunteering days and how they went. This is our first instalment of a two-part blog on volunteering.

Working with content designers to improve GOV.UK information for cattle keepers

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Paul Wilkinson and Danielle Vincent share their experience of their teams working together to make information on GOV.UK simpler and clearer for cattle keepers.

Collaborative design: how content and interaction designers can work together to solve problems

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On the left a woman with shoulder length brown hair and wearing a grey jumper, on the right a man with short fair hair wearing a a white tshirt with a dark jumper and blue jacket,

Senior Content Designer Caroline Vickers and Senior Interaction Designer Joe Horton recently worked together on a GOV.UK service. They share how they found collaborative ways of working and the tools that worked best.

Working well with subject matter experts: 6 tips for content designers

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From explaining your role to working out their pain points, Content Designer Anna Scott shares tips for creating great relationships and working well with subject matter experts  Hi, I’m Anna. I joined Defra as a content designer just over a …