722. Design for Government: Beyond Policy, Beyond Services (USA/Finland). A talk with Marco Steinberg

About this episode

Marco Steinberg discusses his experiences in public sector design and the Design for Government program.

Marco Steinberg is a Finnish architect and designer who has worked extensively in the public sector in both Finland and the United States. In this interview, he reflects on his professional journey, from contributing to the founding of the Helsinki Design Lab to leading design-driven initiatives at UNDP, where he supported leadership teams around the world. Today, he works as a consultant and as a part-time professor at Aalto University. We talk about the course Design for Government , a pioneering program that motivates active collaboration between students, ministries, and public agencies in Finland. We talk about this book: ⁠⁠ In Studio, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Recipes for Systemic change⁠⁠ Bryan Boyer, Justin W. Cook and Marco Steinberg. And about this project: System Portfolio This episode is part of the lists: Finlandia y diseño, Gobierno y diseño, Laboratorios de innovación, Gobierno y diseño, Finnish design in public sector, D&D in English, Políticas públicas y diseño and Educación en diseño. The title of the lists might be in Spanish but the content is trilingual. You can find interviews in English, Portuguese or Spanish.

People in this episode

Host: Mariana Salgado

Guest: Marco Steinberg

Topics covered

• design for government
• public sector design
• collaboration in design
• Finnish design
• systemic change
• education in design

Keywords

• design
• government
• public sector
• Finland
• collaboration
• systemic change
• education

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Helsinki Design Lab, UNDP, Aalto University, System Portfolio

Books & works: In Studio, Recipes for Systemic change

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