Codesign with people living with cognitive or sensory impairments poses challenges for
researchers and designers, due to differences in their mutual experiences and due to the …

People with intellectual disabilities are relevant actors in the design processes that aim to
promote their independent living. We argue that it is necessary to extend and adapt existing …

A carer or teacher often plays the role of proxy or spokesperson for a person living with an
intellectual disability or form of cognitive or sensory impairment. Our research undertook co …

Codesign techniques encourage designers and end-users to work together in the creation of
design solutions, but often make assumptions about the ways in which participants will be …

Highlights•Co-design workshops in graphic design reveal complex end-user
engagement.•End-users resist designing outcomes for themselves.•End-users talk and …

This thesis critically reflects on co-operative design workshops that I have conducted. The
basic method used in these workshops draws on the participants' embodied knowing. In the …

This paper shares key learnings and emerging principles on ways of enabling genuine
participation from young people with learning disabilities in co-design. Reviewing previous …

Theodore Zamenopoulos and Katerina Alexiou discuss the field of co-design and its
underpinning theories and methods. They argue that Design as a process is always …

Co-creation has been adopted in many recent design and innovation projects, bringing
different stakeholders together and creating a shared understanding and new ideas through …

Facilitating participation has become one of the cornerstones of co-design, and a number of
methods, techniques and events intended to inspire design participants and scaffold …