co-design
Create together equally
Co-design is a collaborative approach where end users, stakeholders, and designers work together throughout the design process rather than having designers work in isolation.
The term appears frequently in product development, urban planning, and healthcare: The city co-designed the new park with neighborhood residents.
The hyphen distinguishes it from unrelated uses of codesign.
Involving active contribution
- collaborativeInvolving shared effort
- stakeholderParty with an interest
- iterativeInvolving repeated cycles
- user-centeredOriented toward people's needs
facilitation · workshop · prototyping · feedback · co-creation · inclusive · engagement · ideation
Place for making or learning
- sessionScheduled time for activity
- charetteIntensive collaborative design session
- sprintBrief maximum-speed effort
- hackathonTimed team programming event
jam · studio · lab · sandbox · pilot · intervention · mapping · journey
Product or service clientele
- stakeholdersThose with investment in outcome
- communityCollective of connected people
- citizensMembers of a nation
- patientsThose receiving medical treatment
residents · employees · beneficiaries · end-users · clients · partners · experts · facilitators
Organized provision of treatment
- educationSystematic development of mind
- policyAdopted principle of action
- civicPertaining to community affairs
- public-sectorState-run employment realm
nonprofit · sustainability · architecture · technology · accessibility · governance · development · welfare
participatory
Involving active contribution
- collaborativeInvolving shared effort
- stakeholderParty with an interest
- iterativeInvolving repeated cycles
user-centered · facilitation · workshop · prototyping · feedback · co-creation · inclusive · engagement · ideation · consensus
workshop
Place for making or learning
- sessionScheduled time for activity
- charetteIntensive collaborative design session
- sprintBrief maximum-speed effort
hackathon · jam · studio · lab · sandbox · pilot · intervention · mapping · journey · touchpoint
users
Product or service clientele
- stakeholdersThose with investment in outcome
- communityCollective of connected people
- citizensMembers of a nation
patients · residents · employees · beneficiaries · end-users · clients · partners · experts · facilitators · researchers
healthcare
Organized provision of treatment
- educationSystematic development of mind
- policyAdopted principle of action
- civicPertaining to community affairs
public-sector · nonprofit · sustainability · architecture · technology · accessibility · governance · development · welfare · housing
- collaborationteamwork, partnership, co-creation, alliance, sharing
- collaborationscollaborators, joint task force, joint project, duo, coalition forces
- planningplan, planned, planners, to-do lists, calendars
- workshopsart workshop, woodworking, cooking class, career workshop, wellness workshop
- involvementparticipate, participation, join in, involvement, take part
- design stylesart deco, Art Nouveau, art nouveau, Bauhaus, minimalism
co-designmandate
Formal authoritative directive
decree · fiat · directive · prescription
design, designs, designed, designing, designer, designers, redesign, redesigned, redesigning