Co-designing the future in complex systems

Aaron Davis; Niki Wallace; Ian Gwilt; Anna Leditschke; Richie Khoo

doi:10.21606/drs.2022.313

Co-designing the future in complex systems

Aaron Davis
, Niki Wallace
, Ian Gwilt
, Anna Leditschke
, Richie Khoo

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The face-to-face co-design workshop has been the default mode for designers to collaborate with stakeholder groups to solve complex challenges. However, the disruption associated with COVID-19 led to practitioners exploring alternative modes of collaboration that opened an array of new possibilities. The aim of this paper is to present the case study of Reboot STEMM, a distributed co-design process that combined live and asynchronous modes of contribution, and explored how digital technologies could be used to scale-up co-design processes, while also prioritising accessibility, and promoting empowerment. The case demonstrates the success of using an augmented version of the Multi-Level Perspective as a facilitation tool for co-designing complex systems, and of using a digital platform as an ongoing and interactive record of project data alongside traditional reporting practices.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of DRS2022: Bilbao: Design Research Society International Conference, Bilbao, Spain, 25 June Ã¢€“ 1 July 2022
Publisher	Design Research Society
Number of pages	19
ISBN (Print)	9781912294572
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2022.313
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	Design Research Society. Conference - Duration: 25 Jun 2022 → …

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