More on co-design andmaterial software

Colin Clark,

Lead Software Architect, Inclusive Design Research Centre

OCAD University

Technology is “practice, the way things are done around

here.”

Ursula FranklinThe Real World Of Technology, 1989

“User” “Modelling”• Personas typically “blur” individuals by representing

multiples as one—they’re static

• Industrial design literature emphasizes using personas to reduce diversity and avoid edge cases

• However, we are all multiplicities: dynamic, evolving, and with changing needs and preferences under different circumstances and in different environments

• And edge cases are a key driver of innovation and usability

Co-Design

•Designing with people, not for them

•Not an prescriptive or instrumental process like typical design methodologies

•Dynamic, opportunistic, flexible

•“What role would you like me to play in this process?”

How Can We Make Music Together?

A musical instruction to Nexus

How can we teach science differently?

Nexus Inclusive Science Lab Demonstration

Let’s Hack Toys!

Toys Hack-a-thon

Use, Edit, Fork, Clone

Inclusive Design Guide

Facilitate Inclusively

● Use accessible communication tools

● Make participants feel they are co-creator of ideas/ solutions and

not just test subjects

● Consider how to support remote participation

● Make sure the space is physically accessible

● Ensure that everyone has the necessary background information

>> See Guide

Work Openly

● Present work to larger groups on a regular basis to solicit contributions

and feedback

● Use accessible and open communication tools - these can provide the

means to both alert potential participants to a group discussion or activity,

as well as provide a means of distributing collaborative artifacts

● Post meeting minutes, design artifacts, and other information in an

accessible and open location, and alert the community to new postings

>> See guide

What Does a Pie Chart Sound Like?

Demo

User-Continued Design

User-Continued Design

“Tools are intrinsic to social relationships…Convivial tools are those which give each person who uses them the greatest opportunity to enrich the environment with the fruits of his or her vision. Industrial tools deny this possibility to those who use them and they allow their designers to determine the meaning and expectations of others.”

Ivan IllichTools For Conviviality (1973)