https://journal.gerontechnology.org/currentIssueContent.aspx?aid=2248 "Abstract Purpose Existing solutions facilitating mobility among older adults mainly focus on supporting physical disabilities. However, solutions are more likely to succeed when current activities and capabilities serve as a starting …

This contribution presents how a value-sensitive participatory design approach was used with the aim to design meaningful applications for inhabitants in a city. In two bachelor courses, design students were challenged to account for a diversity of human values in urban interaction design by following …

In The Netherlands, an increasing number of projects give experimental form to structural participation of citizens in the design and implementation of local governance and social programs at the local level. The focus on a compact government and diminishing numbers of employees in healthcare and welfare …

Designers move more and more in the direction of Service Design, in which frequently a participatory or co-design approach is used to involve service providers in the design process. The designerprovider relationship in such Service Design processes differs in four aspects from traditional client-relationships: …

from the article: ABSTRACT Participatory Design has developed methods that empower people with impairments to actively take part in the design process. Many designed artifacts for this target group likewise aim to empower their users in daily life. In this workshop, we share and relate best practices …

The aim of this study was at gaining insight into the participatory design approach of involving people with dementia in the development of the DecideGuide, an interactive web tool facilitating shared decision-making in their care networks.

Eindpublicatie van het programma Innoveren in Dienstverlening. In negen verschillende projecten werden door creatieve bureau's methoden van service design toegepast. De verschillende projecten zijn uitgevoerd met dienstverleners rondom Utrecht CS, het UMC Utrecht en de Hogeschool Utrecht

Is service design an emerging new field, a specific domain or a different perspective on the current way of work? The “Innovation in services” programme explored how to position service design for the creative industry and what it means both for clients and service design agencies.

Significant factors in the succes or failure of energy transition arise from the spatial potential of places and their communities. Scenario planning appears to be an appropriate design instrument to enable architects to unveil, conceptualise, imagine, test and communicate this potential to stakeholders. …

  Whereas blended learning can deliver several benefits to students in highereducation, their achievement depends on how exactly it is designed. A participatory design is recommendable to try to meet the needs of all stakeholders. ThePersuasive System Design-model can be used to motivate students …