Friday, 27 November 2009

An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.

Textiles Futures Research Group Co-Design

Very hard to understand for me, very fragmented notes but interesting theme.

Jennifer Ballie



"Co- Design is a term that contains participatory design, meta design, social design and other design processes that requires participation"



Different aspects of Co-Design:


  • Design Activism

  • Customise

  • Fashion Systems and Service ( share and play)

  • Fun and functional Fashion Crowd sourcing

  • Crowd sourcing

  • Transformation design( Berber soepboek, assembling pattern)
The reason behind Co-Design:
"Design is only reaching 10% of the population" ( the wealthiest)

Main Message

Human centered design

Hear - Create - Deliver

Customers as co-designers concept

Some interesting co-design work:

Vivienne Westwood, DO IT YOURSELF

http://ethicalstyle.com/2008/10/vivienne-westwood-do-it-yourself/

Hacking Couture


http://hacking-couture.com/


Customers as Co-Designers, a framework for open innovation, Piller F.C. Schaller and D Walcher (2004)