Abstract
The article explores the territory of Service design for social innovation. More specifically, it discusses Service Design as a design approach that may facilitate social change, when it creates conditions (enabling systems) that promote social innovation. The theme of aging exemplifies a social issue that can be addressed through the design for services towards active aging. As methodology, this study is based on a literature review of key definitions in Service design for social innovation and active aging, as well as on a case study divided in two parts: a design exploration with undergraduate students under the proposed approach and a description of an actual service model that validates it. As results, the article provides evidences of a social approach to Service Design, based on the creation of socially innovative services towards active aging, designed to rely on older people as active protagonists of their own well-being provision.
Keywords
Service Design, Design for social innovation, Active aging
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21606/servdes2016.41
Citation
Cipolla, C., Prestes Joly, M., Watanabe, B., Zanela, F.,and Tavares, M.(2016) Service Design for Social Innovation: the Promotion of Active Aging in Rio De Janeiro, in Morelli, N., de Götzen, A., & Grani, F. (eds.), ServDes 2016: Service Design Geographies, 24–26 May, Copenhagen, Denmark. https://doi.org/10.21606/servdes2016.41
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Service Design for Social Innovation: the Promotion of Active Aging in Rio De Janeiro
The article explores the territory of Service design for social innovation. More specifically, it discusses Service Design as a design approach that may facilitate social change, when it creates conditions (enabling systems) that promote social innovation. The theme of aging exemplifies a social issue that can be addressed through the design for services towards active aging. As methodology, this study is based on a literature review of key definitions in Service design for social innovation and active aging, as well as on a case study divided in two parts: a design exploration with undergraduate students under the proposed approach and a description of an actual service model that validates it. As results, the article provides evidences of a social approach to Service Design, based on the creation of socially innovative services towards active aging, designed to rely on older people as active protagonists of their own well-being provision.