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Author: Katerina Alexiou, Vera Hale, Theodore Zamenopoulos, Sophia de Sousa

A brief introduction to co-design

Updated Tuesday, 27 February 2024

Co-design is becoming important in the face of complex social, political, environmental, educational and technological issues.

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This brief animation introduces the concept of co-design: what it is, why it is needed and what role professional designers can play in making it happen.

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If you are interested to learn more about some of the methods and approaches used to enable co-design, see the article co-design approaches.

Acknowledgements: This OpenLearn page was produced through collaboration between The Open University and The Glass-House Community Led Design. 

 

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