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Helsinki Design Lab helps government see the 'architecture of problems.' We assist decision-makers to view challenges from a big-picture perspective, and provide guidance toward more complete solutions that consider all aspects of a problem. Our mission is to advance this way of working. We call it strategic design.


Week 129 Helsinki Design Lab

All also built in the past seven or eight years, Helsinki's Oodi central library, Dokk1 in Denmark's Aarhus, and Deichman Bjørvika in Oslo share much the same vision of the library: in effect a.


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Helsinki Design Lab helps government see the 'architecture of problems.' We assist decision-makers to view challenges from a big-picture perspective, and provide guidance toward more complete solutions that consider all aspects of a problem. Our mission is to advance this way of working. We call it strategic design. HDL is now closed.


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Legal Tech Lab's research areas include: (1) foundations of legal digitalisation, (2) algorithmic fairness and justice by design, (3) legal approaches to information, (4) societal change in institutions and profession, and (5) digital access to justice and governance.


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Helsinki Design Lab's roots stretch back to 1968. In 2008 Sitra resurrected the initiative and operated it for five years. We are now closing this chapter of the project's life, and in doing so creating a living archive.


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LAB University of Applied Sciences Aalto University Blog About Sara Ikävalko, is a City and Strategic Designer. She is especially interested in working on bringing public administration, design.


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The full book is available for download as PDF (12mb). Download PDF Buy (print on Demand) Tweet This book explores the HDL Studio Model, a unique way of bringing together the right people, a carefully framed problem, a supportive place, and an open-ended process to craft an integrated vision and sketch the pathway towards strategic improvement.


Week 141 Helsinki Design Lab

Project details Partners Client team: Finnish Innovation Fund; SRV (commercial developer); VVO (social housing developer) Design team: Arup; Sauerbruch Hutton Architects; Experientia Sitra/HDLs Role Designed and funded Low2No competition; lead project team through city block design phases; initiated related projects (e.g. Open Kitchen) Schedule


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Bryan Boyer - Helsinki Design Lab All posts by Bryan Boyer Bryan Boyer was Strategic Design Lead at Sitra and project manager of all things HDL. Competencies How did HDL choose projects? This might be the most common question we've received lately, so as we prepare to close out HDL and this blog we want to share some thoughts on the subject.


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About HDL What is strategic design? Why Strategic Design? HDL Global HDL Global From 1968's merger of design and industry, 2010's peek into design and the public sector, and 2013's celebration of strategic design, HDL Global offers a platform for collaborative efforts at the intersection of design and government. — HDL Global 2013


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The New Work - Helsinki Design Lab HDL is now closed. For more info, click here. HDL Studios The New Work As we mentioned previously, last month we were working with the Synergize Finland team to run three concurrent studios on the theme of "new work".


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Helsinki Design Lab seeks to expand the practice of design beyond of the realm of cultural affairs. Although many of us have backgrounds in architecture or other fields of traditional design, HDL's work is focused on honing the skill set and mindset of the designer to help solve the challenges faced by the interdependent world.


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Helsinki Design Lab helps government leaders see the "architecture of problems." We assist decision-makers to view challenges from a big-picture perspective, and provide guidance toward more complete solutions that consider all aspects of a problem. Our mission is to advance this way of working—we call it strategic design.


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1. Build design/innovation capability within national and municipal government in Finland 2. Prepare a new generation of promising, capable strategic designers in Finland 3. Create career paths for designers to work in the public sector 4. Help develop more design-enlightened public servants 5.


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As an initiative of the Finnish Innovation Fund, also known as Sitra, Helsinki Design Lab (HDL) was one of the first design teams in the world located within national government, and the first to focus exclusively on strategic design.