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What we mean when we talk about content design

Posted by: Giles Turnbull, Posted on: 14 March 2014 - Categories: Content design
Sarah Richards - Head of Content Design Government Digital Service

Sarah Richards is Head of Content Design at GDS. We sat down with her recently to ask some simple questions: What is content design? What difference does it make?

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GDS this week: GOV.UK meets Ontario.ca and Digital Services Store now open

Posted by: The GDS Team, Posted on: 5 December 2013 - Categories: GDS team

This week GDS Head of Content Design Sarah Richards talks about meeting our counterparts from Canada, Ontario.ca, and their exciting One Site project, and Josh Russell and Warren Smith explain...

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FAQs: why we don’t have them

Posted by: Sarah Richards, Posted on: 25 July 2013 - Categories: Content design

We are often asked to put content in Frequently Asked Question format (FAQs). They’re a popular convention on the web, but we don’t recommend them and here’s why: They’re too...

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Pencils

Posted by: Sarah Richards, Posted on: 2 July 2013 - Categories: Content design

A couple of weeks ago the content team at GOV.UK won a black pencil at the D&AD awards. Alongside the Design of the Year award it’s been a lovely way...

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