Participatory Design, User-Centered Design, People Centered Design, User-oriented
Design, Human-Centered Design, Contextual Design, Co-design, Cooperative Design …

Living Labs provide a research infrastructure for long-term user involvement in Participatory
Design processes. Users take part in software co-creation during context analysis, for …

In the 1970s, Xerox pioneered the involvement of social science researchers in technology
design and in developing better ways of working at PARC, its internal research center at the …

Householders are increasingly adopting home networking as a solution to the demands
created by the presence of multiple computers, devices, and the desire to access the …

Partnering with parents and children in the design process can be important for producing
technologies that take into consideration the rich context of family life. However, to date, few …

The problem of how best to relate design activities to the world in which its results are
embedded is a longstanding one. Designed products of whatever kind by definition …

Most studies of participatory design examine the development of a single, customized
software system that supports typical workflows within a single client organization. To cope …

Smartphones support gaming, social networking, real-time communication, and
individualized experiences. Children and parents often take part in digital experiences with …

We combine two concepts, the musical instrument as metaphor and technology probes, to
explore how tangible interfaces can exploit the semantic richness of sound. Using …

Participation and the contribution of participatory design methods and techniques are
explored in the context of a Scandinavian Home Healthcare project. The project was …