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co-design

co-design

4.1
A way of making things together with users and other people to share decisions
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : co-diseño
  • Effective co-design ensures that products meet the real needs of their users.

Examples

  • The team focused on co-design to improve user experience.

  • Many organizations now use co-design to develop more inclusive and successful services.

  • The new park was created through co-design with local residents and city planners.

  • They practice co-design in their projects.

  • The new park was created through co-design with local residents and city planners.

  • Effective co-design ensures that products meet the real needs of their users.

  • Many organizations now use co-design to develop more inclusive and successful services.

Synonyms

co-production
vsco-design
  • Specialized
3.9

A way for citizens and government staff to work together to design and provide services

focuses on designing collaboratively with users who help make decisions
coproduction
vsco-design
  • Jargon
5.8

Service staff and residents work together to design public services

is about collaborative design that centers users in decision making

How Collaborative

co-design
  • Specialized
4.1
consultation
102 4.1

Surface Forms

co-design singular
co-designs plural

Morphology

co-design = design (transparent) = co + design

The productive prefix 'co-' meaning 'together' added to 'design' yields 'designing together', a directly compositional meaning.

Etymology

Co-design joins co- ('together', as in cooperate or coauthor) and design ('to plan or draw'), so it names the process of planning or making something 'together' with users or other people.