“Sustaining inclusive design collaborations through co-design platforms” is a UK-Turkey collaborative project sponsored by the Newton Fund, British Council. Professor Hua Dong applied for the project as the UK PI with Dr Abdusselam Selami Cifter (Turkey PI), together with Co-Is from Loughborough University and Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. The project aimed to create a mechanism that would support and sustain collaborations on inclusive design research and education.
The project objectives included:
- To increase awareness of inclusive design by creating a comprehensive resource.
- To create a collaborative design mechanism and introduce a curriculum approach for university students to engage with inclusive design.
- To develop an online platform to encourage the communication and share of inclusive design knowledge and good practices.
Five partners from Turkey and the UK participated in the project, i.e., the Six Dots Foundation for the Blinds, The Spinal Cord Paralytics Association of Turkey, FixEd, Cambridge Engineering Design Centre and the Design Research Society, representing different types of organisations from education to research, as well as organisations that work in the disability sector.
The project resulted in a collaboration model between universities and NGOs and a web platform to build and sustain effective collaborations, making their process and results visible to other stakeholders.
The project outcomes are published in the book “Inclusive Design + Social Innovation: A Methodology and Case Studies” (2021) comprising four parts:
- Part 1 (chapters 1-4) provides academic perspectives on inclusive design, co-creation, social innovation and social responsibility.
- Part 2 (chapters 5-7) focuses on the collaboration model that links Universities and NGOs for effective partnership on inclusive design.
- Part 3 illustrates 14 inclusive design projects.
- Part 4 presents a comprehensive list of resources on inclusive design and accessibility.
The book is freely downloadable in ePub versions (in English and Turkish) and PDF format from http://www.inclusivedesignside.org/side-project-book
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Inclusive Design - Inclusive Design Research Group at Brunel University London brings together multidisciplinary expertise to understand different factors causing exclusion, to develop methods and interventions for improvement, and to advance the knowledge of design for inclusion.
Design for Sustainability - We focus on developing the theory and practice required to design solutions that foster environmental, socio-ethical and economic sustainability in areas ranging from materials and manufacturing to products, services, business models, bottom-up initiatives and socio-technical systems.
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Project last modified 02/10/2023