Reflections on the Usefulness and Limitations of Tools for Life-Centred Design
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| author | Tomitsch, Martin Clasen, Katharina Duhart, Estela Lutz, Damien |
| author_facet | Tomitsch, Martin Clasen, Katharina Duhart, Estela Lutz, Damien |
| contents | Life-centred design decenters humans and considers all life and the far-reaching impacts of design decisions. However, little is known about the application of life-centred design tools in practice and their usefulness and limitations for con-sidering more-than-human perspectives. To address this gap, we carried out a se-ries of workshops, reporting on findings from a first-person study involving one design academic and three design practitioners. Using a popular flat-pack chair as a case study, we generatively identified and applied four tools: systems maps, actant maps, product lifecycle maps and behavioural impact canvas. We found that the tools provided a structured approach for practising systems thinking, identifying human and non-human actors, understanding their interconnected-ness, and surfacing gaps in the team's knowledge. Based on the findings, the pa-per proposes a process for implementing life-centred design tools in design pro-jects. |
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| spellingShingle | Reflections on the Usefulness and Limitations of Tools for Life-Centred Design Tomitsch, Martin Clasen, Katharina Duhart, Estela Lutz, Damien Human-Computer Interaction Life-centred design decenters humans and considers all life and the far-reaching impacts of design decisions. However, little is known about the application of life-centred design tools in practice and their usefulness and limitations for con-sidering more-than-human perspectives. To address this gap, we carried out a se-ries of workshops, reporting on findings from a first-person study involving one design academic and three design practitioners. Using a popular flat-pack chair as a case study, we generatively identified and applied four tools: systems maps, actant maps, product lifecycle maps and behavioural impact canvas. We found that the tools provided a structured approach for practising systems thinking, identifying human and non-human actors, understanding their interconnected-ness, and surfacing gaps in the team's knowledge. Based on the findings, the pa-per proposes a process for implementing life-centred design tools in design pro-jects. |
| title | Reflections on the Usefulness and Limitations of Tools for Life-Centred Design |
| topic | Human-Computer Interaction |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.15636 |