Abstract
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.
Keywords
codesign, future visioning, systems design, design for transitions
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2022.313
Citation
Davis, A., Wallace, N., Gwilt, I., Ledtischke, A., and Khoo, R. (2022) Co-designing the future in complex systems, in Lockton, D., Lenzi, S., Hekkert, P., Oak, A., Sádaba, J., Lloyd, P. (eds.), DRS2022: Bilbao, 25 June - 3 July, Bilbao, Spain. https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2022.313
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Co-designing the future in complex systems
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.