When Apple opened its first store in 2001, the company’s attention to design and customer satisfaction permeated the whole experience. The interior was adorned in slick wood and wrapped in glass to ...

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In this article, we will introduce what service design is and explain why without it, there cannot be a good customer experience. Over the years, the taxonomy of design has grown more and more ...

COVID-19 will change what it's like to eat at a McDonald's so much that maybe we'll just stick to drive-through. This Seattle restaurant is redesigning its entire business model in response to the ...

Looking at the mainstream practice of service design today, something is clearly not working. Over the past decade, service design has evolved into a commodified brand or product—one that has been ...

Businesses that provide after-sale support for their products--and after-sale maintenance of their customer base to encourage repeat sales--need a method of tracking customer service contacts. This ...

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Ikea customers have long relied on the store’s own layouts for design inspiration. Ikea arranges its furniture in picture-perfect rooms throughout its stores, and shoppers derive inspiration from ...