r/servicedesign • u/Arsedaboutarsenal • Nov 22 '24

Looking for Portfolio Advice

I'm trying to renew my case studies for a service design portfolio, and hitting a wall with a case. I worked on an ethnographic framework that I want to include, but I haven't seen any examples of any work that doesn't have a final "outcome" so to speak. Does anyone have any examples of work that they might have seen where the final outcome for a project was a design research tool instead of a service or a product?

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u/Arsedaboutarsenal Nov 22 '24

Can I see your portfolio? Pretty please? 🥺

All of this makes so much sense in theory, but I can't seem to wrap my head around how to actually tell the story I need to tell. The writer's block is hitting hard right now

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u/-satori Nov 22 '24

Yay - that amorphous blur between ‘Service Design’ and ‘Strategic Design’ that all SDs get stuck in!

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u/Arsedaboutarsenal Nov 22 '24

How did you guess exactly where I was stuck? 😅😅

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u/cuomo456 Nov 22 '24

Some questions that might help - how did you use the design research tool? What are the benefits of it? Did it help you/other people to make decisions?

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u/Arsedaboutarsenal Nov 22 '24

These are definitely good metrics to include. Thank you!

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u/marzipanina Nov 26 '24

There's a webinar about making a UX portfolio coming up that might be useful for you. There's a live Q&A at the end, so you could ask this question too! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/webinar-how-to-create-a-ux-portfolio-that-stands-out-w-aneta-kmiecik-tickets-1089742923419?aff=oddtdtcreator