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A Multilevel Approach To Research ‘Obscure’ Innovation Processes And Practices, Emmanouil Chatzakis, Neil Smith, Erik Bohemia
A Multilevel Approach To Research ‘Obscure’ Innovation Processes And Practices, Emmanouil Chatzakis, Neil Smith, Erik Bohemia
DRS Biennial Conference Series
The paper’s aim is to discuss a need for a multilevel research approach to investigate innovation practices in organisations. We argue that this approach overcomes some of the limitations of the single level research methods commonly used investigating innovation performance and success. Specifically, the multilevel research approach allows researchers and subsequently organisations to take into consideration ‘obscured’ practices within innovation processes. First, we put forward a motion that innovation processes permeate the formalised organisational structures and practices. Then, we outline a case where many of the practices associated with innovation are ‘obscured’. This is followed with discussion on how the …
Open Practices: Lessons From Co-Design Of Public Services For Behaviour Change, Simon O’Rafferty, Adam Deeyto, Huw Lewis
Open Practices: Lessons From Co-Design Of Public Services For Behaviour Change, Simon O’Rafferty, Adam Deeyto, Huw Lewis
DRS Biennial Conference Series
This paper explores what the distinctive value of design may be in a policy context. The paper broadly supports the contention by Smith and Otto (2014) that design offers a “distinct way of knowing that incorporates both analysing and doing in the process of constructing knowledge”. The paper will also outline potential limitations of the direct translating of design practice and methods into a policy context. To achieve this, the paper uses insights gained from an on-going design research project, Open Practices, which aims to co-design services and policy interventions to enable sustainable behaviour change. In this case, co-design, as …
Design Tools For Enhanced New Product Development In Low Income Economies, Timothy Whitehead, Mark Evans, Guy Bingham
Design Tools For Enhanced New Product Development In Low Income Economies, Timothy Whitehead, Mark Evans, Guy Bingham
DRS Biennial Conference Series
In order to alleviate poverty throughout the World government and non‐ government organisations provide aid in the form of essential household products. These products typically include cook stoves, water filters and LED lights. However, evidence suggests that these products are not always suitable for Low Income Economies (LIEs) which has resulted in a number of high profile product failures. In response to the growing need for appropriate New Product Development (NPD), this paper presents the development of a tool to assist industrial designers create appropriate and long lasting solutions for those in poverty. Data was collected from the analysis of …
Tangibility In E-Textile Participatory Service Design With Mental Health Participants, Sarah Kettley, Anna Sadkowska, Rachel Lucas
Tangibility In E-Textile Participatory Service Design With Mental Health Participants, Sarah Kettley, Anna Sadkowska, Rachel Lucas
DRS Biennial Conference Series
This paper introduces a project in which members of the Nottinghamshire Mind Network are engaged in the participatory design of e-textile service networks informed by the Person-Centred Approach mode of psychotherapy. Early reflections on separate e-textile and service design workshops reveal two distinct functions of tangibility in this process. First, we discuss how we have attempted to make novel technical futures tangible for participants through the experience of making textile circuits and soft handheld objects. Second, we discuss our finding that the experiences of participants in the mental health sector can lack presence for relevant audiences; our response to this, …