Abstract
This project aims at the collective definition of social design. The process of exploring this definition is considered a workshop that gets people involved and passionate. In this process there are various elements that represented tangible reference points and draw to defined public spaces in the city and central at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. Social Design is a well-established term and has various forms of interpretations. Though this project aims to understand more about these interpretations. To achieve this, individuals were animated to think about the term ‘design’ and involved in defining new paradigms. This was done with the help of various interactive, crowd sourcing methods, such as idea gathering in the city by interviewing pedestrians and cyclists, with a participatory exhibition, and an open source website addressing the virtual community ... The project is organised and conducted by a trans-diciplinary and multicultural group of students of the Joint-Master Programme Social Design at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and Konservatorium Wien University. They believe that problem solving is a collective process as suggested, by Mau (2004). Accordingly a solution orientated strategic model attracting interest, raising awareness, and motivate individuals to share their ideas was designed. The project started in Vienna and should be continued in other cities. It will further be presented and discussed in more depth with various keynotes and crowd-sources at a conference in Vienna in 2013.
Keywords
Social Design, Participative Methods, Crowd Sourcing, Urban Design, Sustainability, Urban Strategy, Cities, Exhibition
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21606/learnxdesign.2013.092
Citation
Mateus-Berr, R., Boukhari, N., Burger, F., Finckenstein, A., Gesell, T., Gomez, M., Hupalo, M., Kinsella, E., Lang, D., Liu, E., Morandini, T., Rissinger, M., Robles, F., Stephan, E., Trimmel, S.,and Verocai, J.(2013) Social Design, in Reitan, J.B., Lloyd, P., Bohemia, E., Nielsen, L.M., Digranes, I., & Lutnæs, E. (eds.), DRS // Cumulus: Design Learning for Tomorrow, 14-17 May, Oslo, Norway. https://doi.org/10.21606/learnxdesign.2013.092
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Social Design
This project aims at the collective definition of social design. The process of exploring this definition is considered a workshop that gets people involved and passionate. In this process there are various elements that represented tangible reference points and draw to defined public spaces in the city and central at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. Social Design is a well-established term and has various forms of interpretations. Though this project aims to understand more about these interpretations. To achieve this, individuals were animated to think about the term ‘design’ and involved in defining new paradigms. This was done with the help of various interactive, crowd sourcing methods, such as idea gathering in the city by interviewing pedestrians and cyclists, with a participatory exhibition, and an open source website addressing the virtual community ... The project is organised and conducted by a trans-diciplinary and multicultural group of students of the Joint-Master Programme Social Design at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and Konservatorium Wien University. They believe that problem solving is a collective process as suggested, by Mau (2004). Accordingly a solution orientated strategic model attracting interest, raising awareness, and motivate individuals to share their ideas was designed. The project started in Vienna and should be continued in other cities. It will further be presented and discussed in more depth with various keynotes and crowd-sources at a conference in Vienna in 2013.