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"It has to be a group work!": co-design with children

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Kirsikka Vaajakallio,

Jung-Joo Lee,

Tuuli MattelmäkiAuthors Info & Claims

IDC '09: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children

Pages 246 - 249

https://doi.org/10.1145/1551788.1551843

Published: 03 June 2009 Publication History

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Design researchers are increasingly interested in techniques that support creative teams in various design processes. The methods developed for sharing knowledge and generating solutions are mostly focusing on adults. Creative collaboration with and among children have a specific set of challenges to be considered. In this paper, we describe two design experiments that were conducted with children aged 7 to 9, to explore the applications of co-design methods with children. In those experiments, we observed that children are capable of utilizing make tools but have challenges in group dynamics and reflecting everyday experiences into design ideas.

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IDC '09: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children

June 2009

347 pages

ISBN:9781605583952

DOI:10.1145/1551788

Conference Chair:
Paolo Paolini
HOC Lab - Politecnico di Milano, Italy
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Franca Garzotto
HOC Lab - Politecnico di Milano, Italy

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