Two decades of contextmapping

experiences from education

Journal Article (2026)
Author(s)

F. Sleeswijk Visser (TU Delft - Codesigning Social Change)

P. J. Stappers (TU Delft - Codesigning Social Change)

E. B.N. Sanders (The Ohio State University)

Research Group
Codesigning Social Change
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https://doi.org/10.1080/15710882.2025.2612238
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Publication Year
2026
Language
English
Research Group
Codesigning Social Change
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Abstract

Two decades ago, Co-Design practices saw a rise, as marked by the launch of this journal. At the time, many design researchers, including the authors, were looking for structured ways to bring on board people into design processes ‘as experts of their experience’. In the article ‘Contextmapping: Experiences from Practice’ (Citation2005) we described our understanding of codesign, giving guiding principles (see Table 1; for more detail see the Field Guide in the appendix), structure diagrams, and an appendix with concrete, actionable details for the techniques. [...]

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