Design-led Approach to Co-production of Values for Collective Decision-Making. (28th July 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Raman, Sneha; French, Tara; Tulloch, Angela
• Is Part Of: Design journal. Volume 20:(2016) Supplement 1
• Page Start: S4331
• Page End: S4342
• Publication Date: 2017-07-28
• Subjects: Values -- decision-making -- participatory design -- collaboration -- ethical imagination; Design -- Periodicals; 745.05
• DOI: 10.1080/14606925.2017.1352930
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1756-3062

Abstract

Abstract: Experience Labs are design-led spaces for co-creating preferable futures by bringing academic, business and civic stakeholders to work together with citizens using a participatory design approach. Differing value systems of stakeholders, however, can pose challenges when working collaboratively. Experience Labs support exchange and co-production of values among diverse stakeholders by making them articulate and visible through design, to resolve conflict and to support meaningful decision-making towards progressing ideas whilst integrating a multiplicity of perspectives. In this paper, we discuss the creation of an 'ethical imagination space' to explore preferable futures with diverse stakeholders; the core values of the Experience Labs which support the creation of this space; and the key qualities that support the exchange and co-production of shared values to enable collective decision-making. We propose that the 'next thinking' for design involves consideration of the ways in which we engage with values in cross-sectoral collaborations to enable collective decision-making.