February 2012
Intermediate to advanced
208 pages
8h 23m
English
Content preview from Universal Methods of Design
61 Participatory Design
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RESEARCH METHOD
61 Participatory Design
Participatory design is a human-centered approach advocating active user and stakeholder engagement throughout all phases of the research and design process, including co-design activities.
The origin of participatory design is generally credited to Scandinavian initiatives in the 1970s, first in Norway, where computer professionals worked closely with ironworker and metalworker union leaders and members on the integration of new technologies into the workplace.1 Several subsequent projects in Scandinavia involved interdisciplinary research teams from computer science, sociology, economics, and engineering, ...