Service Design YAP
Service Design YAP is a community podcast from Service Design Network UK's chapter.
Each episode profiles a member of the design community, exploring the lessons they've learned on their career path and the hearing their favourite design war stories.
Why did we set up YAP?
Well, many designers work in isolation and find it difficult to attend physical community meets ups. The podcast provides a way for everyone to tap into the community, to learn a little about craft and careers and to feel a part of something bigger.
Why is the podcast called YAP?
Well thats for us to know and you to guess.
We hope that these episodes inform, inspire and entertain you in equal measure.
If you have a suggestion for great guest the drop us a line. There's a "Send us a Text" link in every episode.
Service Design YAP
The AI YAP Episode
In this short, bonus edition of YAP we spend time thinking about and playing with AI.
Most designers state that AI will become the most powerful design tool of the decade, enabling them to mine the world's data, to find inspiration and to create better products and services.
Designers who remember sign painters being replaced by naff vinyl sign printing machines see AI as a cut-price competitor rather than a tool. ( Sign Painters is a great -if niche- documentary)
So, how will the design profession evolve in the face of AI?
In the spirit of exploration we just asked AI... and we also wondered if we could use AI to create an entire episode of YAP.
We also saw this experiment as a way to find tools that could help designers to build audio mock ups, or provocatypes; thought provoking artefacts that you don't want to spend too much time on, but which land better with the target audience if they have good production quality.
Let us know what you think of the episode and where you think that designers are under estimating the impact AI in the design process at the moment.
To create this episode we used:
- Chat GPT to collate content. The tool gave us deeper case study content, but failed to really bring any new concepts to the table.
- Jelly Pod structured and create the podcast audio. Jelly Pod's text editor will really help designers looking to create audio provocatypes as its quick and easy to use. The custom voices also make audio mock ups really compelling.
- Suno was used to create the new closing music. Its simple and even simple prompts generate quality outputs aligned with expectations.
- Adobe Firefly to create the episode cover. This needed the most rework and lags behind tools like Mid-journey.
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
