Abstract
In this chapter we use a conceptual framework of frontstage and backstage and intermediary objects to investigate how problems (matters of concerns) and solutions are negotiated through an iterative process of producing and inscribing objects backstage and circulating these objects frontstage. This is done by exploring the navigational moves of a team of five third-semester bachelor's design engineering students who sought to improve quality of life for elderly residents with dementia in a nursing home by engaging in a co-design process to develop a new sensory stimulation technology. During this analysis we identify a new type of ‘fluid’ intermediary object that continuously evolves during the design process as new concerns emerge and which thus also frames the solution that is to be designed.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Staging Collaborative Design and Innovation : An Action-Oriented Participatory Approach |
Editors | Christian Clausen, Dominique Vinck, Signe Pedersen, Jens Dorland |
Number of pages | 14 |
Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing |
Publication date | Dec 2020 |
Pages | 72–85 |
Chapter | 5 |
ISBN (Print) | 978 1 83910 342 1 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978 1 83910 343 8 |
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Publication status | Published - Dec 2020 |