Co-Design Spaces. The Future of Collaborative Creative Problem Solving?

  What is Co-design? Co-design also known as participatory design, is a design-led process that uses stakeholders from all areas to create something new. Co-design is key for collaborative design projects that include individuals from diverse skillsets to execute a design goal. From final-users to partners, each opinion is important in the creation of something new. The purpose of co-design is to discover unique perspectives through collaboration and to include user and stakeholder opinions in decision making.   What is a Co-design Space? A Co-design space is a setup specifically designed to assist and encourage this kind of collaborative work culture. A space consisting of all resources, and technologies that can help aid each stage of the design development process, be it ideation, prototyping, branding, fabrication, etc. Creating a pool and network of different services such as co-working, makerspace, incubators, accelerators, etc. a co-design space houses all th...