Tim Paul.
Designer of usable, accessible, inclusive public services. I’ve built diverse design teams, led successful agile projects and designed multiple award winning websites.
I’m an experienced leader with a background in design ops, design training, design systems, accessibility, inclusion, product management and web standards.
I'm currently the Head of Interaction Design at the Government Digital Service.
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Work #
Some highlights from the last 10 years.
- Running the GOV.UK Design System
- Designing usable, accessible public services
- Growing a diverse, inclusive design team
- Helping designers develop their careers
- Building design capability through training
Education #
I've been designing public services for 20+ years now but my original background is in Artificial Intelligence.
I studied Linguistics & AI at Edinburgh University, focusing on Natural Language Processing.
Talks and blog posts #
I speak at events and blog – most regularly about the experience of building the GOV.UK Design System.
This 20 minute talk I gave about The UK Government Design Principles is a good introduction to me.
Talks #
The UK Government Design Principles
Services Week 2023
23 March 2023
How to use and contribute to the GOV.UK Design System
UK Gov Design Meet-up, London
6 April 2021
Introducing the GOV.UK Design System
GDS Podcast
28 February 2020
Measuring the value of the GOV.UK Design System
UK Gov Design Meet-up, London
5 February 2020
Running a Design System for Government
International Design in Government Conference, Rotterdam
20 November 2019
Building the GOV.UK Design System
Design Systems Meet-up, Oslo
12 February 2019
Blog posts #
Adapting the GOV.UK Design System for the NHS
Co-authored with Dean Vipond
4 June 2019
Building the GOV.UK Design System
Co-authored with Alice Noakes
30 October 2017
Looking at design systems across government
21 December 2016
Introducing GOV.UK Frontend Alpha
14 October 2016
Improving tools and resources for designers in government
8 September 2016
Design at Scale: Building a design community
Co-authored with Caroline Jarrett
November 2015
One thing per page
3 July 2015
Designing for new and regular users at the same time
8 October 2014
Outside work #
In my free time you’ll find me reading, running, taking photos, making music or listening to music.