The five essential ingredients of good service design
The one and only marketing and advertising magazine (M&M 3.9.2010) ran an article about the rise of service design in Finland and even hailed the discipline as a potential future star in the export of professional services from Finland. The grand old man of service design and Palmu Inc. colleague Mikko Jäppinen was interviewed in the article and his list of the five essential tips for better service design are as follows: 1. Familiarize yourself with everyday life A service designer must be familiar with the normal, standard, run-of-the-mill everyday life of both the company and it's customers. Conduct research, do interviews, then research and do some more interviews. 2. Know the customer personas The research will have uncovered several [...]