Dear all,
In my perpetually forthcoming dissertation I note the a distinction between co-design where the stakeholders can participate and when not. For instance in designing a future education system or school it is impossible to engage the pupil as they not born yet. Then their perspective needs to be represented by others, which is risky, but to ignore them is even riskier.
Participatory Design, which has been around a while, covers the situation where stakeholders, user etc participate. In my view co-design is encompassing both this, and situations where stakeholders can't participate. The key element of co-design is the recognition that there is an endless multitude of perspectives and interest. Therefore it is central to the person leading the design to make conscious and conscientious choices of which perspective to embrace.
I am aware of a new and emerging interest in participatory design in the wake of makers movement and 3D printing. This does not call for a new word or concept. Participatory design covers this well. New techniques and tools are however being developed all the time. And of course research is needed. But please do not begin reduce the term co-design to be just PD. (I just noticed that the wikipedia page on co-design that I created years ago now have be changed to mean PD. I will update this when I get a chance).
Best Regards!
Lars
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19 okt 2014 kl. 00:19 skrev Teena Clerke <[log in to unmask]>:
>> “… what are the best practices of co-design?”
Dear all,
I am curious, what, in your opinions, are the differences between participatory design and co-design?
cheers, teena
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