The Corruption of Co-Design: Political and Social Conflicts in Participatory Design Thinking Von Busch Otto
The Corruption of Co-Design: Political and Social Conflicts in Participatory Design Thinking Von Busch Otto Designers are often depicted as social change agents that serve the good in the world. But…
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The Corruption of Co-Design: Political and Social Conflicts in Participatory Design Thinking Von Busch Otto
Designers are often depicted as social change agents that serve the good in the world. But is change a virtue in itself, and do participatory practices always produce socially beneficial outcomes?Such questions are becoming more pressing as co-design has emerged as a dominant practice in planning and urban design, while also informing corporate management and public administration. Similarly, co-design tends to be described as a democratic mode of creativity that is somehow beyond reproach.
Departing from the idealism that tends to dominate the Scandinavian tradition on design, it instead proposes that concepts like participative design, social design and design thinking need to be analysed through a realist lens. This book presents these emerging design-inspired practices, pointing to some of the threats and detrimental effects that may arise from their adoption.