Staging participatory innovation as transition design

This chapter analyses a case of participatory innovation attempting to challenge pre-existing processes of innovation and sustainable transition concerned with engineering systems of indoor climate innovation in the building sector. It addresses how designers’ stage and facilitate the exchange of knowledge across the worlds of engineers and users, and how particular intermediary objects such as narratives from field studies may reframe taken-for-granted assumptions in industrial innovation and research environments. The chapter discusses how a space for staging transition dialogues across knowledge and institutional boundaries may be staged and configured. A programmatic approach is outlined for engineers and social scientists, providing actionable guidelines and recommendations.
Keywords: Temporary spaces, participatory innovation, indoor climate practices, transition design