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Bloomsbury Visual Arts
05 March 2026
Drawing on a diverse array of service and design related thinkers and practitioners, this volume is a timely and critical review of the themes and intersecting disciplines that are questioning and opening up the field towards plural perspectives, showing its complexity, exposing its challenges and offering practical examples and directions.

With the growing popularity of service design both in industry and academia, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Service Design 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.

Organised into five distinct sections, chapters explore a variety of key topics within the world of service design, including Plural Service & Design Cosmologies, A Critical Agenda for Service Design, Contextualising Services, Systems and Change, Developing Service Design Practices and Approaches, and Building Futures
Edited by:   , , , , , ,
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 246mm,  Width: 174mm,  Spine: 34mm
Weight:   1.200kg
ISBN:   9781350330283
ISBN 10:   1350330280
Series:   Bloomsbury Visual Arts Handbooks
Pages:   536
Publication Date:  
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Primary
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Lara Penin is Professor of Transdisciplinary Design at Parsons School of Design, USA. She is a co-founder of the Parsons DESIS Lab research laboratory, a former director of the Transdisciplinary Design graduate program and a co-lead of the Graduate Minor in Civic Service Design. Lara is the author of An Introduction to Service Design: Designing the Invisible (Bloomsbury, 2018), and editor of The Disobedience of Design Gui Bonsiepe (Bloomsbury, 2021). Alison Prendiville is Professor of Service Design at LCC University of the Arts London, UK. Her work is transdisciplinary working with health and social care professionals, scientists, engineers, and anthropologists to facilitate and converge design with science and technology for the development of locally situated services and policy developments to address societal challenges. Along with Daniela Sangiorgi she edited the book Designing for Service (Bloomsbury, 2017). Daniela Sangiorgi is Professor at the Department of Design of Politecnico di Milano, Italy. She has been one of the first scholars studying service design and co-editor of two leading books (Design for Services, 2011; Designing for Service, Bloomsbury, 2017). She worked 8 years in the UK (ImaginationLancaster, Lancaster University). Her expertise is design for service innovation, with a focus on public services and healthcare. She is a member of Polimi DeSIS Lab (https://www.desis.polimi.it).

Reviews for The Bloomsbury Handbook of Service Design: Plural perspectives and a critical contemporary agenda

This book is an essential read that will expand your views on the evolving landscape of service design. It offers critical perspectives and practical approaches to address contemporary global challenges, emphasizing a plural, ethical, and equitable practice. I highly recommend it for its critical and future-oriented perspective on service design. * Shashank Mehta, National Institute of Design, India * If you’re curious about where service design is headed, this is the go-to book. It opens the door to a new generation of service design, exploring critical agendas through diverse voices of leading scholars and practitioners. Readers will be inspired to join this transformative movement. * Jung-Joo Lee, National University of Singapore, Singapore * Finally, a handbook that pushes Service Design beyond business and into the challenges that matter most—climate action, social justice, and systemic change, with real cases and solid research. An essential reference spanning multiple perspectives for those of us ready to make real impact. * Xenia Viladas, IE University, Spain *


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