DESIGNING PARTICIPATION WORKSHOP

As designers and design researchers we are regularly engaging others in the design process. How can we design this interaction to be the most rewarding for participants and designers alike? This is especially important, for example, when working with vulnerable or marginalised groups where ethical considerations and overcoming barriers to engagement become critical.

This workshop will be informal and participants will have the opportunity to briefly present their own work to the group. We will then have a fun and hopefully lively ideas generation session to define best practices and strategies for participant engagement. The aim is that attendees can take away useful methods which can be employed ‘in the field’ during their own research or design projects.

Prior to the session please prepare to talk about your work for around 2-3 minutes. No presentation slides are needed but please bring any devices, images or prototypes that you have been using to engage participants in your own work.

This workshop is supported by AHRC, Kingston University London and The London Doctoral Design Centre.

Participants are invited to visit the exhibition 'Design Research Evolution' on display at Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Art, open 10-6pm 20th-23rd September 2018.

Elements of this workshop will be filmed / photographed and may form part of a PhD thesis, if you would not like your image to be used please advise the workshop leader on the day.