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Hi all, The role of a designer has evolved greatly over the past few decades. We are no longer asked to simply create a poster or a web page, but to solve complex "wicked" problems employing a human-centered approach. Within this landscape, and that of participatory research, the approaches of co-creation and co-design have been growing. Elizabeth Sanders and Pieter Jan Stappers define co-design as "collective creativity as it is applied across the whole span of a design process...the creativity of designers and people not trained in design working together in the design development process." As one who is interested in co-design and the application of it, are there varying frameworks or components, such as hands-on building and collaboration, of co-design written about in scholarly research? Who is utilizing co-design and how are they making an impact with it? And what are the best practices of co-design? And finally are there specific methods utilizing co-design that you all have utilized and found success in what you were trying to accomplish? Any and all comments are welcome as well as links to any scholarly research or websites you all think may be helpful in answering these questions even further! Sanders, Elizabeth B.-N., and Pieter Jan Stappers. “Co-creation and the New Landscapes of Design.” CoDesign 4, no. 1 (March 1, 2008): 5–18. doi:10.1080/15710880701875068. ----------------------------------------------------------------- PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design -----------------------------------------------------------------