Design for Policy is the first publication to chart the emergence of collaborative design approaches to innovation in public policy. Drawing on contributions from a range of the world’s leading academics, design practitioners and public managers, it provides a rich, detailed analysis of design as a tool for addressing public problems and capturing opportunities for achieving better and more efficient societal outcomes.

Table of Contents

• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• About the Editor
• About the Contributors
• This Book: An Overview
• Introduction: The Design for Policy Nexus
• Section 1 Design in Context
• 1 Design in Policy: Challenges and Sources of Hope for Policymakers
• 2 Public Design in Global Perspective: Empirical Trends
• 3 Innovating Public Policy: Allowing for Social Complexity and Uncertainty in the Design of Public Outcomes
• 4 Towards Policymaking as Designing: Policymaking Beyond Problem-solving and Decision-making
• 5 Innovating Large-scale Transformations
• 6 Strategic Design and the Art of Public Sector Innovation
• Section 2 Policy in Practice
• 7 Design and Policies for Collaborative Services
• 8 Synthesizing Policy and Practice: The Case of Co-designing Better Outcomes for Vulnerable Families
• 9 Using an Urban Design Process to Inform Policy
• 10 Designing Legitimacy: The Case of a Government Innovation Lab
• 11 The Branchekode.dk Project: Designing With Purpose and Across Emergent Organizational Culture
• 12 Reflections on Designing for Social Innovation in the Public Sector: A Case Study in New York City
• 13 Friendly Hacking into the Public Sector: (Re)Designing Public Policies Within Regional Governments
• Section 3 Design Tools for Policy
• 14 Tools for Intent: Strategic Direction by Design
• 15 Tools for Insight: Design Research for Policymaking
• 16 Tools for Ideation: Evocative Visualization and Playful Modelling as Drivers of the Policy Process
• 17 Tools for Implementation
• 18 The Frontiers of Design for Policy