City Tech Collaborative

Civic Design & User Testing

Successful public-facing technologies rely upon direct resident engagement and community-focused design. City Tech offers guidance, convenes residents and conducts specialized user testing to support the development and roll-out of digital tools, websites, technology plans, and civic products.

Featured Projects

Partners for Places

When the City of Chicago set out to create a new web portal to connect Chicago residents with sustainability programs and resources, it engaged CUTgroup to conduct user research throughout the design process. Through two phases of testing that included card sorting analyses, wireframe test, and prototype feedback, the City was able to build a meaningful and impactful tool for its residents.

Click here to visit the Sustain Chicago resource portal.

Array of Things Civic Engagement

City Tech partnered with the Array of Things and the City of Chicago to gather public feedback on a large urban sensor project in our city. Through online and in-person engagement methods, we involved residents in the design of a governance and privacy policy for the Internet of Things.

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CUTgroup

CUTgroup is a 2,000+ member civic engagement program that invites residents to contribute to emerging technology while providing public, private, and social sector partners with feedback to improve product design and deployment.

Please click below to learn more about CUTgroup and to sign-up to be a CUTgroup participant.

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