Bloomsbury Handbook of Service Design
Plural perspectives and a critical contemporary agenda

Edited by Daniela Sangiorgi,Deputy Directior of C4d Alison Prendiville,Alison Prendiville,Lara Penin,Dr Daniela Sangiorgi

ISBN13: 9781350330283

Imprint: Bloomsbury Visual Arts

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Hardback

Published: 08/01/2026

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Description
With the growing popularity of service design both in industry and academia, this handbook examines the discipline’s core principles to develop our understanding of the context, role and impact of this practice. The editors bring together multiple voices from around the world to share experiences and perspectives on how service design interacts with global topics such as climate, social justice and racial issues, and looks at directions for the future. The book is organised into five main sections covering: - Plural Service & Design Cosmologies - A Critical Agenda for Service Design - Contextualising Services, Systems and Change - Developing Service Design Practices and Approaches - Building Futures
1. INTRODUCTION Introduction: Alison Prendeville, Lara Penin and Daniela Sangiorgi 2. PLURAL SERVICE & DESIGN COSMOLOGIES Introduction: Alison Prendeville, Lara Penin and Daniela Sangiorgi 2.1 Recognising other service worlds Main author: Yoko Akama, RMIT University, Australia; Suggested co-authors: Ricardo Sosa, Monash University, Australia; Tristan Schulz, University of Technology Sydney, Australia 2.2 The web of structures and meanings shaping services Main author: Miso Kim, Northeastern University, USA Suggested co-authors: Jeanette Blomberg, IBM Research, USA; Zoy Anastassakis, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2.3 Multiple intersections across Service & Design Research Main author: Lia Patricio, University of Porto, Portugal Suggested co-authors: Stefan Holmlid, University of Linkoping, Sweden; Raymond Fisk, Texas State University, USA; Laurel Anderson, Arizona State University, USA 2.4 Service Design at the crossroad of multiple knowledge forms and epistemologies Main author: Alison Prendiville, LCC University of the Arts London, UK Suggested co-authors: Terry Irwin, Carnegie Mellon School of Design, USA; Noortje Marres, University of Warwick, UK 2.5 Service Design and Digital Transformations Main author: Paola Pierri, Democratic Society (Berlin), Germany Suggested co-authors: Lauren Tan, Deloitte Consulting, Australia, Dominic Campbell (on the move now) 3. A CRITICAL AGENDA FOR SERVICE DESIGN Introduction: Alison Prendeville, Lara Penin and Daniela Sangiorgi 3.1 Justice and Equality in Designing Services Main author: Lesley-Anne Noel, North Carolina State University, USA Suggested co-authors: Sasha Costanza-Chock, MIT, USA; Danah Abdullah, University of the Arts London, UK 3.2 Designing Service Work Main author: Lara Penin, Parsons School of Design, USA Suggested co-authors: Barbara Adams, Parsons School of Design, USA; Kathi Weeks, Duke University, USA 3.3 The Science and Politics of Participation in Service Design Main author: Shana Agid, Parsons School of Design, USA Suggested co-authors: Jakob Trischler, Karlstad University, Sweden; Mahmoud Keshavarz, University of Gothenburg, Sweden 3.4 Service Design at uncertain times Main author: Fabrizio Ceschin, Brunel University London, UK & Idil Gaziulusoy, Aalto University, Finland Suggested co-authors: Jerome Lewis, UCL, UK 3.5 A feminist agenda for Service Design Main author: Daniella Jenkins, The WOW Foundation, UK Suggested co-authors: Cheryl Buckley, University of Brighton, UK; Caroline Criado Perez (Invisible Women), UK, Lara Penin, Parsons School of Design, USA 4. CONTEXTUALISING SERVICES, SYSTEMS AND CHANGE Introduction: Alison Prendeville, Lara Penin and Daniela Sangiorgi 4.1 Positioning and paradigms of Service Design in organisations Main author: Eun Yu, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Korea Suggested co-authors: Ileana Stigliani, Imperial College of London, UK; Ingo Oswald Karpen, Karlstad University, Sweden 4.2 A systemic perspective on Service Design Main author: Daniela Sangiorgi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Suggested co-authors:Kaisa Koskela Huotari, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden; Jennie Winhall, Rockwool Foundation Intervention Unit, Denmark; Mieke van der Bijl-Brouwer, TU Delft, Netherlands 4.3 Interrelations between service and policy design Main author: Sabine Junginger, Lucerne University of Applied Science, Switzerland Suggested co-authors:Katarina Wetter Edman, Örebro University Holding, Sweden; Emma Blomkamp, University of Melbourne, Australia; Gabriella Gomez Mont, Experimentalista, Mexico 4.4 Service Design and Social Change Main author: Tomas Markussen, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark Suggested co-authors:Daniela Selloni, Politecnico di Milano, Italy; Joyce Yee, Northumbria University, UK 4.5 Smart and always connected service platforms Main author: Eric Gordon, Emerson College, USA Suggested co-authors: Gabriel Mugar, IDEO Cambridge, USA; Shannon Mattern, The New School, USA 5. DEVELOPING SERVICE DESIGN PRACTICES AND APPROACHES Introduction: Alison Prendeville, Lara Penin and Daniela Sangiorgi 5.1 Embodied service design practice Main author: Frederick van Amstel, Federal University of Technology – Paraná, Brazil Suggested co-authors: Kristina Höök, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden; Johan Blomkvist Linköping University, Sweden 5.2 Toward a reflexive Service Design practice Main author: Josina Vink, AHO, Norway Suggested co-authors: Ahmed Ansari, Carnegie Mellon School of Design, USA; Marcus Jahnke, Verksamhetsledare Centre for Sustainable Urban Futures, Sweden 5.3 Community Design and public realm projects Main author: Sloan Leo, FLOX Studio, USA Suggested co-authors: Mari Nakano, Service Design Studio New York City, USA ; Adam Thorpe, UAL, UK 5.4 Dialogical approaches and plural voices Main author: Carla Cipolla, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Suggested co-authors: Indi Young, independent scientist, USA; Sarah Schulman, InWithForward, Canada 5.5 Digital ethnography and data Main author: Sara Pink, Monash University, Australia Suggested co-authors: Roberta Tassi, Oblo (consultant), Italy 5.6 Service Design Facilitation skills Main author: Kelly Ann McKercher, NSW Health Pathology, Australia; Suggested co-authors: Paola Trapani, Tongji University, China; Nicole Anand, Collectivist, USA; Reuben Stanton, Paper Giant, Australia 5.7 Service Design narratives Main authors: Janna DeVylder, Meld Studios, Australia Suggested co-authors: Francesca Piredda, Politecnico di Milano, Italy; , John Bruce, Parsons School of Design, USA 6. BUILDING FUTURES Introduction: Alison Prendeville, Lara Penin and Daniela Sangiorgi 6.1 Service Design futurizing Main author: Laura Forlano, ID IIT Chicago, USA Suggested co-authors: Stuart Candy, Carnegie Mellon University, USA; Tobias Revell, University of the Arts London, UK; Alix Gerber, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA; Elliott P. Montgomery, Parsons School of Design, USA; Andrea Cooper, Connected Places Catapult, UK 6.2 Designing for Service Design education futures Main author: Anna Meroni, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Suggested co-authors: Lesley-Anne Noel, North Carolina State University, USA; Mauricio Manhaes, Savannah College of Art and Design, USA; Nicola Morelli, Aalborg University, Denmark 6.3 Designing Services as new forms of political participation Main author: Cameron Tonkinwise, University of Technology Sydney, Australia Suggested co-authors: Virginia Tassinari, Politecnico di Milano, Italy; Eduardo Staszowski, Parsons School of Design, USA; Lucy Kimbell, University of the Arts, UK 6.4 Service Design & (de)humanizing technologies Main author: Stefana Broadbent, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Suggested co-authors: Nicolas Cova, Geneva University of Arts and Design, Switzerland; Fabien Girardin, Near Future Laboratory, Spain; Martina Caic, Aalto University, Finland 6.5 Designing for a healthy society Main author: Peter Jones, OCAD University, Canada Suggested co-authors: Daniela Sangiorgi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy; Glenn Robert, King’s College London, UK; Julia Schaeper, London Doctoral Design Centre, UK, Lekshmy Parameswaran and/or László Herczegh, The Care Lab, Spain 7. CONCLUSIONS Alison Prendeville, Lara Penin and Daniela Sangiorgi
  • Industrial / commercial art & design
  • Graphic design
  • Illustration & commercial art
  • Systems analysis & design
  • General (US: Trade)
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
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