LIVING LABS AS A METHODOLOGY FOR SERVICE DESIGN - AN ANALYSIS BASED ON CASES AND DISCUSSIONS FROM A SYSTEMS APPROACH VIEWPOINT
DS 92: Proceedings of the DESIGN 2018 15th International Design Conference
Year: 2018
Editor: Marjanović D., Štorga M., Škec S., Bojčetić N., Pavković N.
Author: Yasuoka, Mika; Akasaka, Fumiya; Kimura, Atsunobu; Ihara, Masayuki
Series: DESIGN
Section: DESIGN THEORY AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Page(s): 127-136
DOI number: https://doi.org/10.21278/idc.2018.0350
Abstract
Recently ""Living Labs (LLs)"" have attracted attentions as a method which aims at actively involving citizens for longer term to co-create service. Despite its increased interests, there is no unified definition of what LLs are. In order to develop a service successfully by utilizing this approach, it is of critical importance to understand the methodology in depth, and then localize them to fit to conditions in practice. In this paper, we investigated preceding LL cases in Japan and Scandinavia, depict the methodological features of LL, and review them from the systems approach perspective.
Keywords: co-design, participatory design, design methodology, design process