Service Design Drinks Berlin discussed ‘Transforming the public sector’ at its May 2026 event. It was hosted in Wikimedia’s community space. Senior designer Nadine Stammen gave a talk about moving ‘From legacy data to public infrastructure’.
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Week #216 at the Digital Service: Notes for 15–19 June
Martin was away for 2 days at a leadership offsite during his week 216 at Digital Service. He participated in the annual salary cycle workshop and received useful training. He also got a blog post about the delivery principles published, and interviewed more candidates for open roles.
Week #215 at the Digital Service: Notes for 8–12 June
Martin went to Copenhagen for Future Days in his week 215. Before doing that, he spoke on a panel on accessible services and inclusive organisations. He also saw a new government website we sketched 10 months ago finally go live.
Week #214 at the Digital Service: Notes for 1–5 June
In his week 214 at Digital Service, Martin co-presented at the CityLAB Summer Conference on ‘Services that work and build trust’. He also co-hosted an evening meetup on ‘Money and taxes’, worked on service design training and spoke to Norwegian colleagues.
Talk: A different kind: design in the public sector
At UX Camp Europe 2026, Martin delivered a talk titled ‘A different kind: design in the public sector’ – returning to the bar camp 10 years after he spoke about his government design for the first time.
Week #212 at the Digital Service: Notes for 19–22 May
In a packed week, Martin supported Global Accessibility Awareness Day activities. He published a new blog post on progress in accessibility. He also witnessed the launch of a new resource and the extension of a tool. On Sunday, he also joined UX Camp Europe to give a talk.
Week #211 at the Digital Service: Notes for 11–15 May
Martin worked a shorter week due to a public holiday, but then used that day to meet with a colleague in Latvia to compare notes. He also interviewed more candidates, made staffing decisions, and worked on a new blog post on accessibility efforts.
Meetup: Visualising data
At the 11th edition of the local Berlin public sector innovation meetup ‘Öffentliches Gestalten’, 2 speakers shared their views on visualising data. Moritz Stefaner showed his data visualisation work for the German government. Ha Thanh Thu Nguyen presented a research project on data linked to facial recognition technology.
Meetup: Public Service Design
At Service Design Drinks Berlin, designers Charlotte Vorbeck and Marlene Kettner from German government’s Digital Service spoke about their specific work on justice services and open justice data platforms.
Event: Design for policy
In June 2024, members of the International Design in Government community came together in Berlin to discuss ‘Design for policy’. The recorded inputs are now available.