Routledge International Handbook of Participatory Design (Routledge International Handbooks) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 041569440X ISBN 13: 9780415694407

Publisher: Routledge, 2012

Synopsis

Routledge International Handbook of Participatory Design "Participatory Design is about the direct involvement of people in the co-design of the technologies they use. Its central concern is how collaborative design processes can be driven by the participation of the people affected by the technology designed. Embracing a diverse collection of principles and practices aimed at making technologies, tools, environments, businesses, and social institutions Full description

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About the Author

Jesper Simonsen is Professor of Design Studies in the Department of Communication, Business and Information Technologies at Roskilde University, Denmark. Since 1991 he has conducted research in collaboration with industry on Participatory Design developing theories and methods for IT design in an organizational context. His publications include Participatory IT Design: Designing for business and workplace realities (MIT Press, 2004), and Design Research: Synergies from interdisciplinary perspectives (Routledge, 2010).

Toni Robertson is Professor of Interaction Design in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). Her research focuses on understanding and designing the interaction between people, their activities and technology, and the issues surrounding the use of technology in actual work and social settings. Her work has been published widely in the Interaction Design, Participatory Design, Human Computer Interaction and Computer Supported Cooperative Work literature.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 041569440X
• ISBN 13: 9780415694407
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Simonsen Jesper, Robertson Toni