Design process excludes users : the co-creation activities between user and designer


Autoria(s): Park, Ji Yong
Data(s)

11/07/2012

Resumo

User needs are a fundamental element of design. If the design process does not properly reflect user needs, the design will be severely compromised. Therefore, it is worthwhile to investigate how the user is, and user needs are, understood in the design process. In this article, three accepted linear process models for web site and interactive media design are reviewed in terms of the designer and user participation. The article then proposes a user-evolving collaborative design process which is built on co-creation activities between designer and user. Co-creation activities across the entire design process structurally and ontologically reposition the users, and user needs, centrally, which allows the designers to holistically approach to the user needs through building a partnership with the users. Co-creation creates an equal evolving participatory process between user and designer towards sharing values and knowledge and creating new domains of collective creativity.

Formato

application/pdf

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/51582/

Publicador

Taylor & Francis

Relação

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/51582/1/manuscript-Design_process_excludes_users-acceptedl.pdf

DOI:10.1080/14626268.2012.658814

Park, Ji Yong (2012) Design process excludes users : the co-creation activities between user and designer. Digital Creativity, 23(1), pp. 79-92.

Direitos

Copyright 2012 Taylor & Francis

This is a preprint of an article submitted for consideration in the Digital Creativity © [2012] [copyright Taylor & Francis]; Digital Creativity is available online at: www.tandfonline.com

Fonte

School of Curriculum; Faculty of Education

Palavras-Chave #130000 EDUCATION #190100 ART THEORY AND CRITICISM #co-creation #collaborative design #design process #participatory design #user-centred design #HERN
Tipo

Journal Article