Context Studio
contextstudio.bsky.social
Context Studio
@contextstudio.bsky.social
A people centred service design studio in Dublin.

www.contextstudio.ie
Wishing everyone a peaceful holiday, however you spend it, and a very happy new year in 2023.

#ServiceDesign

Artwork by @RobStears
January 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Visiting @Corkcoco is always a pleasure, and seeing their #ServiceDesign journey on the international stage today as a delegation visits from Norway 🇳🇴 is something even us Dubs can be proud of! #GovDesignIRL #NatInnovWeekIRL
January 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
We’ve just launched our new website atLet us know what you think, and keep an eye as we’ll soon be adding articles from the archives as well as exciting news for the Autumn.

Thanks to The Website Shop in Harold’s Cross for web design & development.

contextstudio.ie
January 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Great evening at @ixd_ncad @PD_NCAD @NCAD_Dublin industry night last night. Ireland has the talent for design to have a huge impact on the way we live, work, and take care of each other. #ServiceDesign
January 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Today we’re at “Open Source for Public Services” in Amsterdam and it’s the most beautiful commute we’ve had in a while! #ServiceDesign #PublicService
January 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Great to meet with the Service RePublic team at Cork County Council today. Ireland’s first ever public sector service design team still going strong!
#servicedesign #govdesign
January 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A lovely touchpoint at St. James Hospital community vaccination centre in Inchicore. Choice of water bottles complimentary on the way out. A refresher, and a reminder that water is advised to prevent the mild side effects :) #ServiceDesign
January 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Today we hosted the @NCAD_Dublin Bureau+ presentation of their fantastic concepts for Kerbside, work completed with @smartdublin. What a lovely way to end the year! 🎄
January 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We’ve been nominated! CITYxCITY Catalogue, our work with @oascities andhas been nominated in the Service Design category of the @IDIIreland Awards!

getincontext.ie/idi-awards-cit… prophets.be
January 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Excitement as we await kickoff of our first Dublin based in person workshop in more than two years!

#ServiceDesign

Big thank you to the @greshamhotel for the wonderful facilities.
January 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
It’s good to be back! First in person workshop of 2021 has us back where we were in March 2020. Wonderful to be at the @designcentret in Copenhagen to kick off @InnoFounder Cohort 9. Watch out for these startups!
January 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This week we delivered “Team Building” during week two of @CIIDnews Interaction Design Programme in San José, Costa Rica.

With the beautiful new school open, and all the tools of hybrid learning at our disposal, this new cohort blew our minds with their energy and enthusiasm.
January 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
When our powers combine..!

So buzzed today to be working with @wearesnook and @DeptJusticeIRL.

Today we delivered the first of 4 Service Design masterclasses, part of ongoing Service Design mentorship and project support. #ServiceDesign #Mindset
January 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
It’s not the same from home, but #servicedesignday has been an eye opener with @sdn_ie screening the wonderful and thought provoking documentary “Circuits of Care: Ageing and Japan’s Robot Revolution”.

Service Design has a huge role to play in the careful application of tech!
January 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
“So you ask their customers? Jaysus, you’re some man, d’you know that?

‘Service Design’.

After how many years in college?”
January 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Today is a big day for us, and for our friends at @oascities. Today, at #CITYxCITY festival, OASC launches a suite of services we’ve helped to design over the past 18 months. You can catch the festival here:

citybycity.com/livestream
January 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Today we’re getting back to our roots with some technology prototyping for our latest project. Huge possibilities integrating @wiaio widgets in @MiroHQ boards.
January 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Pura Vida! We are busy in our new office at Lac Cruces Biological research station preparing for the arrival of @CIIDnews IDP 2020. Look at this place!!!
January 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Finally got our copy of @LouiseDowne #GoodServices and just in time for departure to kick off @CIIDnews IDP2020 in Costa Rica 🎉
January 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Minna Arve, Mayor of Turku, Finland signs the “Join, Boost, Sustain” declaration today at @oascities #CSCC20. It’s primary principle “A citizen centric approach.” Putting people at the centre is what #ServiceDesign is all about!
January 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
In Brussels today for the @oascities general assembly and tomorrow for the Connected Smart Cities and Communities conference. Interested in how Service Design can help digital technology serve citizens needs and solve urban challenges? Talk to us!
January 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Excellent @IDAIRELAND event this morning with @tim_cook. Equally inspired by fantastic young Irish entrepreneurs and in particular @TheCiaraBeth from @micontactapp on keeping the people who use our work at the centre of everything. #ServiceDesign #LookingToTheFuture
January 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
It's been a fantastic first year running Context Studio. Gratitude to our clients, partners and friends around the world. Wishing you all a very peaceful break and a fantastic new year.

(Artwork by

robstears.ie
January 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Amazing work from @ncad_service and @ixd_ncad with Mater Hospital ED. Real prototyping in A&E! Way beyond design thinking... design doing. Sadly can’t post pics but here’s few of their artefacts. @OPS2020IRL #innovationweek It’s Ireland’s time for Service Design. #IrelandsTimeSD
January 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Today we’re checking out the great work of @NCAD_Dublin students with Mater Hospital. Service & Interaction Design for the Accident & Emergency Dept. Brave work from @ixd_ncad & @ncad_service. It’s Ireland’s time for service design. #IrelandsTimeSD
January 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM