| Description |
310 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Part 1. Basics : Introduction : Who is creative? Why are people expressing a need for creativity now? ; Business and design are changing ; The landscape of design research ; Positioning this book on the design research map ; The design process is changing ; People's roles in the design process are changing ; Collective creativity and co-creation ; How and where is co-creation taking place? ; Related approaches in co-creative design -- Thinking about creativity : What is creativity? ; A framework for individual creativity ; Social or collective creativity ; Moving on -- How it works: generative tools and techniques : An infinite set of tools and techniques ; Say, do, and make tools and techniques ; Ingredients of make toolkits ; Types of make toolkits ; Applying the make toolkits ; Say, do, make and the path of expression -- Part 2. Complete cases from practice : Four cases : A student group exercise: the experiences of train commuters ; A student project: communication needs of elderly people ; Intermediate consultancy practice: new healthcare services ; A large international project: family leisure time -- Part 3. How to : Making the plan : Time and timeliness ; Deliverables ; Finances ; Varieties in projects and plans ; Learning about making the plan -- Gathering data in the field : Starting up ; Participants ; Working towards the sessions ; Conducting the interviews or group sessions -- Analysis: what to do with what you got : The challenges of dealing with qualitative data ; Capturing, storing, ordering, and labeling ; The aims of analysis ; Moving from research toward design ; Choosing a path -- Communication : What is the purpose of communication? ; Presentation and participation ; Three approaches to communication ; Tools for communicating ; Relationships between approaches to analysis and communication ; Final thoughts -- Conceptualization : Conceptualization is on the other side of the analysis space ; What is conceptualization for? ; Playing in the design opportunity space ; The big picture -- Bridging : Where are the gaps? ; Where and when does bridging happen? ; Who is bridging the gaps? ; What are the ways we can bridge the gaps? ; Transformation and cultural change ; So what does the generative design research process really look like? -- Epilogue : The starting situation ; Today ; The future |
| Summary |
"Convivial Toolbox is about generative design research, an approach to bring people we serve through design directly into the design process in order to ensure that we can meet their needs and dreams for the future. Generative design research gives people a language with which they can imagine and express their ideas and dreams for future experience. Convivial Toolbox is about a future that provides for and supports the use of convivial tools. Until now, only experts such as designers, engineers and business people have been involved in making industrial tools for people. Convivial tools must be made with the people, not only for the people who being served through design. This book presents a toolbox of generative research methods, tools and techniques, and their underlying principles that can be used to inform and inspire futures that will support community and conviviality. This book is for people who work (or aim to work) in the front end of the design process to innovate in human-centered ways or to facilitate cultural transformation. It is for people who want to change how we live and work and play for the better. It is for the people who seek a better balance of industrial and convivial ways of living. The book is also for people who are trying to understand in deep ways as might be the situation for applied social scientists." -- Publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Design
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Design -- Social aspects
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Art and design
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Art -- Study and teaching
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| Author |
Stappers, Pieter Jan, author
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| ISBN |
9789063692841 (hbk.) |
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9063692846 (hbk.) |
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9789063692841 (pbk.) |
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