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Co-create digital services ●Hands-on, layered, tangible ●12 layers, one board ●Co-create digital services ●Hands-on, layered, tangible ●12 layers, one board ●Co-create digital services ●Hands-on, layered, tangible ●12 layers, one board ●Co-create digital services ●Hands-on, layered, tangible ●12 layers, one board ●Co-create digital services ●Hands-on, layered, tangible ●12 layers, one board ●Co-create digital services ●Hands-on, layered, tangible ●12 layers, one board ●
Service Sandbox

A tangible co-creation toolkit. Twelve layers — places, people, devices, sensors, encounters — that help teams design digital services together.

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© 2026 Service SandboxConcept by Jane Vita
Toolkit

Twelve layers.
One board.

Each layer is a deck of cards. Combine them on the Sandbox board to compose a service from the place it lives in to the people who experience it.

01

Spatial Context

Place tiles & rooms

02

Personas

People experiencing the service

03

Personal Devices

Gathering personal information

04

Home Appliances

Daily, contextual objects

05

Value Creation Themes

Why people show up

06

Sensors & Detectors

Detect & measure

07

Interface Devices

Interacting with machines

08

Connectivity Devices

Connecting machines & data

09

Interactions

Building the relationship

10

Environmental Encounters

Because external factors matter

11

Social, Cultural, Legal & Ethical

Surrounding contexts

12

Experience Hierarchy

Levelling the experience up

Want a printable
deck for your team?

Grab the master PDF and the per-layer canvases from the downloads page.

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