Improv as a Prototype and other tactics designers need to steal from stage-craft, with Adam St John Lawrence

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In this festive bonus episode of Service Design YAP, we sit down with Adam St John Lawrence to understand how he uses tactics and techniques from theatre in his design work.

Adam, the goatee sporting GOAT of Service Design, draws on an "eclectic" background that includes farming and psychology (plus some bouncing and stripping), to offer some radical challenges to design’s dusty  “best practices”. 

He a natural raconteur who  tell stories and shares insight that everyone will find funny and enlightening in equal measure.

Enjoy your break, how ever you spend it.

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The YAP team will see you in 2025. 

Please note, no rubber chickens were harmed in the making of this episode.

Links from this episode:

https://www.thiagi.com/game-design
https://www.appliedimprovisationnetwork.org/

Adam, Marc Stickdorn,  Markus Hormeß and Jacob Schneider’s book This is Service Design Doing.

Service Design YAP is developed and produced by the Service Design Network UK Chapter.
Its aim is to engage and connect the wider Service Design community.

• Episode Host: Stephen Wood
• Production Assistance: Jean Watanya