Design for policy / edited by Christian Bason.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Section 1. Design in context -- Design in policy: challenges and sources of hope for policymakers -- Public design in global perspective: empirical trends -- Innovating public policy: allowing for social complexity and uncertainty in the design of public outcomes -- Towards policymaking as designing: policymaking beyond problem-solving and decision-making -- Innovating large-scale transformations -- Strategic design and the art of public sector innovation -- Section 2. Policy in practice -- Design and policies for collaborative services -- Synthesizing policy and practice: the case of co-designing better outcomes for vulnerable families -- Using an urban design process to inform policy -- Designing legitimacy: the case of a government innovation lab -- The branchekode.dk project: designing with purpose and across emergent organizational culture -- Reflections on designing for social innovation in the public sector: a case study in New York City -- Friendly hacking into the public sector: (re)designing public policies within regional governments -- Section 3. Design tools for policy -- Tools for intent: strategic direction by design -- Tools for insight: design research for policymaking -- Tools for ideation: evocative visualization and playful modelling as drivers of the policy process -- Tools for implementation -- The frontiers of design for policy.

"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.
In his introduction, Christian Bason suggests that design may offer a fundamental reinvention of the art and craft of policymaking for the twenty-first century. From challenging current problem spaces to driving the creative quest for new solutions and shaping the physical and virtual artefacts of policy implementation, design holds a significant yet largely unexplored potential.
The book is structured in three main sections, covering the global context of the rise of design for policy, in-depth case studies of the application of design to policymaking, and a guide to concrete design tools for policy intent, insight,. ideation and implementation. The summary chapter lays out a future agenda for design in government. suggesting how to position design more firmly on the public policy stage.
Design for Policy is a resource for leaders and scholars in government departments, public service organizations and institutions, schools of design and public management, think tanks and consultancies and use design as a tool for public sector reform and innovation"-- Back cover.