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Dean Vipond

Casting out the devil’s advocate

If you really want to solve a problem for people, you must focus on those in need, not fixate on the risk of people abusing the system.

4 min readMar 18, 2023

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Still image from the film The Exorcist, showing a teenage girl sillhouetted against a bright blue light, overseen by a demonic statue.

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A short(ish) history of the NHS design system, Part 6: 2022 — where next?

Part six of a 6-part story of the conception, design, launch and future of a design system for the NHS

4 min readMay 9, 2022

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A short(ish) history of the NHS design system, Part 6: 2022 — where next?

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A short(ish) history of the NHS design system, Part 5: 2020/21 — the COVID years

Part five of a 6-part story of the conception, design, launch and future of a design system for the NHS

3 min readMay 9, 2022

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A short(ish) history of the NHS design system, Part 5: 2020/21 — the COVID years

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A short(ish) history of the NHS design system, Part 4: 2019 — putting the design system ‘out there’

Part four of a 6-part story of the conception, design, launch and future of a design system for the NHS

4 min readMay 9, 2022

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A short(ish) history of the NHS design system, Part 4: 2019 — putting the design system ‘out there’

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A short(ish) history of the NHS design system, Part 3: 2018 — standardisation and launch!

Part three of a 6-part story of the conception, design, launch and future of a design system for the NHS

8 min readMay 9, 2022

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A short(ish) history of the NHS design system, Part 3: 2018 — standardisation and launch!

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A short(ish) history of the NHS design system, Part 2: 2017 — a website redesign, and an app

Part two of a 6-part story of the conception, design, launch and future of a design system for the NHS

6 min readMay 9, 2022

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A short(ish) history of the NHS design system, Part 2: 2017 — a website redesign, and an app

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A short(ish) history of the NHS design system, Part 1: 2016 — a website, a brand, and a handful of…

Part one of a 6-part story of the conception, design, launch and future of a design system for the NHS

3 min readMay 9, 2022

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A close-up of of a smartphone being held in someone’s hands. There is content from the NHS website on the smartphone’s screen.

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Building a diverse design team… a year later

Design has a diversity problem. Here’s what we’ve been doing over the past year to start to address this.

7 min readOct 23, 2020

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A line of white men, smiling.

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Desire

How people’s determination to be well, might cloud our assessment of good services in health and care.

4 min readJul 18, 2020

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Keeping your head, when designing during a crisis

If you’re designing services in response to COVID-19, it’s easy to be overwhelmed by the life-and-death nature of it. Here are a few tips.

4 min readApr 12, 2020

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CD booklet featuring the song title ‘Blinded by Fear’

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Dean Vipond

Dean Vipond

1.98K Followers

Design leadership and human-centred stuff in general. Previously lead designer @NHSDigital and lots of other things. He/Him. http://www.deanvipond.com

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