The Int’l #GovDesign community of design-minded people from governments all over the world come together to learn from each other, share best practices and design patterns. In a new blog post, @karakane-kk.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy, Viktoria and I give an update on the ‘Design in government’ blog for 2025/26:

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In early 2026, we will run an international #GovDesign call on #serviceDesign around #liveEvents. @karakane-kk.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy, Viktoria and I are already on it. If you don’t want to miss it, join us on the global Slack via our community page: international.gov-design.com

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New #GovDesign role on my little job board 🔔 The Federal Court of Auditors (Bundesrechnungshof) is looking for a communications designer in Bonn. Other #designJobs at @drvrheinland.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy @digitalservice.bund.de@bsky.brid.gy @sprind-de.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy remain open. verwaltungsgestaltung.de#positionen

What a fruitful day with international #GovDesign colleagues at the @oecdgovernance.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy on ‘life events’ today! I got to share some of our work at @digitalservice.bund.de@bsky.brid.gy in a talk on ‘Designing for life events in German government’, and got plenty of inspiration from EU and OECD colleagues

Opening up good things, we made our most recent #GovDesign call recording on #ServicePatterns public. @jaskang.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy from @tpximpact.com@bsky.brid.gy, and @nikolagoger.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy & Martin Ford-Downes from the UK Ministry of Justice shared their respective work on service patterns. Feel free to share it!

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As a public servant, I write weekly notes to let people see what I do. Supporting the cross-gov’t identity & #designSystem since April, I co-hosted a 2h session with public servants from all over Germany. I also co-ran an int’l #govDesign call & visited the team responsible for identity components

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A week later: The experimental RSS feed for my little #GovDesign job board is working! 🛜 Currently, it refreshes once every 7 days. That is the limitation of the free services I am testing with. The feed was refreshed yesterday afternoon, displaying the new opening @drvrheinland.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy. 🙌🏻

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What a great international #GovDesign call – once again! After hearing about #servicePatterns from @jaskang.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy and @nikolagoger.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy first, we now listen to Martin Ford-Downes from the UK Ministry of Justice about their very concrete work on patterns across UK government.

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New #GovDesign job 🔔 @drvrheinland.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy is looking for a UI /​ #UXdesigner in Speyer. The role is permanent and open until 15 December 2025. Still open: another UX/UI role at @sprind-de.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy and a #serviceDesign role at @digitalservice.bund.de@bsky.brid.gy ➡️ verwaltungsgestaltung.de#positionen

🔔 Reminder On Friday, 28th, we’ll discuss #servicePatterns in our 37th International #GovDesign community call. We’ll hear from @jaskang.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy from @tpximpact.com@bsky.brid.gy, Martin Ford-Downes & @nikolagoger.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy from the UK Ministry of Justice. The call starts at 9 am GMT—10 am CET—11 am EET

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A test run for #publicDesign jobs — Here’s an experimental RSS feed for the German #GovDesign roles I am posting here and on my little, manually maintained job board*: 🛜 fetchrss.com/feed/aSDtgrm... * currently listing positions at @digitalservice.bund.de@bsky.brid.gy, @sprind-de.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy and elsewhere

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Our international #GovDesign community call is returning on Friday, 28 November. We’ll discuss #ServicePatterns. Join us—if you are awake at the time—from 9 am GMT, 10 am CET, 11 am EET, 5 pm SGT. If you’re a public servant but not a part of the community yet, join us international.gov-design.com

One more #GovDesign #DesignJob: @sprind-de.bsky.social is looking for a #ux/ #uiDesign​er to assist with the EU Digital Identity wallet. The role is remote, full-time, and as soon as possible. Initially it’s limited until December 2026. 👉🏻 verwaltungsgestaltung.de/#positionen

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#GovDesign #DesignJobs klaxon 📣 The State of Saxony is looking for a digital #accessibility assessor based in Leipzig, and the State of Lower Saxony has 2 open #serviceDesign positions at IT.Niedersachsen in various parts of the state. ➡️ verwaltungsgestaltung.de#positionen

The more services people need to interact with, the worse their experience gets. The satisfaction drops by 30 percentage points when 5 or more touchpoints are part of the journey. #ServiceDesign #GovDesign

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#GovDesign #DesignJobs klaxon 📣 The City of Freiburg is looking for a part-time #systemDesign er—with a #serviceDesign profile. It’s for a Bloomberg Philanthropies-backed programme that has touched 100 other cities so far. The job pays up to 71k (full-time pay). verwaltungsgestaltung.de#positionen

Felt like making a starter pack for #GovDesign. Here it is: go.bsky.app/Anw2ykD

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New German #GovDesign job opening! 📣 The State of Lower Saxony is looking for a #UXDesigner for its #ITNiedersachsen unit, based in Hanover. You can apply until 30 October 2025. A brand design working student role at the in-house consultancy PD remains open. ➡️ verwaltungsgestaltung.de#positionen

Hello #GovDesign crowd! I’m en route to Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and @sdingov.bsky.social, while working on content for our Friday workshop on finally making end-to-end #serviceDesign happen. Despite the grim weather forecast, the weather in Scotland looks gorgeous. It’s almost a #BlueSky right now! See you!

Summoning intl #GovDesign talent— At @digitalservice.bund.de, we have now hired folks from 3 other digital government units. An engineer from 🇳🇴 Norwegian NAV, the digital unit of the welfare department, a designer from the 🇦🇺 Australian Digital Transformation Agency and designers from 🇬🇧 UK’s GDS.