Prototyping is interwoven with nearly all product, service, and systems development efforts.
A prototype is a pre-production representation of some aspect of a concept or final design …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to draw attention to the diverse strands that underpin
the still emerging concept of co‐creation. The paper aims to suggest that there are …

An examination of subversive games like The Sims—games designed for political, aesthetic,
and social critique. For many players, games are entertainment, diversion, relaxation …

Technical communicators have lately become interested in participatory design as a way to
structure and guide their research and development efforts, particularly in online media. But …

This book advances the practice and theory of design ethnography. It presents a
methodologically adventurous and conceptually robust approach to interventional and …

We propose computational empowerment as an approach and a Participatory Design
response to challenges related to digitalization of society and the emerging need for digital …

Winner of the Choice Outstanding Academic Titles of 2010 award. Ensuring that buildings
are healthy and comfortable for their occupants is a primary concern of all architects and …

This chapter argues that design anthropology is coming of age as a separate (sub)
discipline with its own concepts, methods, research practices, and practitioners, in short its …

Fieldwork for Design looks at why ethnographic approaches have been turned to in the
design of computing devices for the workplace, for the home and elsewhere. It presents a …

More and more academic studies and practitioner reports claim that human work is
increasingly disrupted or even determined by information and communication technology …