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Community-based, human-centered design

by icc97 on 1/1/19, 9:11 PM with 9 comments

• by ThomPete on 1/1/19, 11:07 PM

  This is just design thinking reformulated. The problem with most of these principles is that they are extremely vague and are what good designers who design do anyway as a function of what they are buildning. Its very hard to do the not-test without ending with almost 100% score.

  This offers no solution with regards to the transendence between the principles and the output. And reads to me just like marketing material for a process which will cost you way more than it will ever solve.

• by jt2190 on 1/2/19, 12:53 AM

  > Although traditional methods are effective for traditional mass-produced items, they are unable to take account of the local needs, cultures, and history of individual people and communities. The literature on the world-wide aid community is filled with examples of well-intentioned “solutions” failing to work when introduced into developing nations (see (Easterly, 2013; Ramalingam, 2013). And if they do work at first, they are often so difficult to maintain and service, that they soon fall into disuse. Finally, in some cases the unintended negative consequences outweigh any good that has resulted. We believe that the people best equipped to address these issues are the people who live there: This article shows one approach.

• by hydrox24 on 1/2/19, 4:07 AM

  > The principles of human-centered design have proven to be effective and productive

  Perhaps this assertion is patently obvious within the field, and doesn't need a reference, but for those of us less familiar with human-centred design are there any well known instances of human-centered design being "effective and[/or] productive"?