Festivals as Living Labs for System Innovation: Experiences from the interdisciplinary innovation programme DORP

The use of Living Labs is a promising approach to develop and test sustainable system innovations. A Living Lab approach that is yet to be discussed in literature, is that of a Festival Living Lab (FLL). Festivals can be considered as temporary mini societies with systemic sustainability challenges regarding water, energy, housing, logistics,...

Co-creating the future through design-based education in innovation hubs

Creativity and innovation have become prominent in higher education curricula. Applying a design paradigm has been frequently used to build innovative and creative skills in graduates across different discipline domains. Besides the design approach, another element that is important to increase innovation in organizations and society involves...

Physical learning environments’ supportiveness to innovative pedagogies: students’ and teachers’ experiences

Research into the relationship between innovative physical learning environments (PLEs) and innovative psychosocial learning environments (PSLEs) indicates that it must be understood as a network of relationships between multiple psychosocial and physical aspects. Actors shape this network by attaching meanings to these aspects and their...

The Use of a Multilevel System Model for Analyzing Stakeholders at Different Levels in Health Care Systems

Participatory design or co-design is defined as the active engagement of all<br/>stakeholders in a design process. However, in many co-design projects, only end<br/>users are involved. Participants are often considered as the traditional<br/>representatives of a generalized stakeholder group, without prior analysis made<br/>on each individual’s...

A Multilevel Design Model: The mutual relationship between product-service system development and societal change processes

Change actors like designers play a strategic role in innovation and transition processes towards a sustainable society. They act at all levels of society and need help to find their way through increasingly interrelated innovation systems. To support their efforts, there is a need for a design supportive model that (1) can provide insight into...

New to Improve: The Mutual Influence between New Products and Societal Change Processes

The focus of design is changing rapidly, as new products are increasingly connected to each other and to the rest of the world. This means that the focus of the designer is less and less on the creation of tangible artifacts, and increasingly on the development of complex interconnected systems. These systems should preferably not only be “new...