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The MEDIATIONS Conference took place at the RCA in London, marking the close of the TRADERS<\/a> project (short for \u2018Training Art and Design Researchers for Participation in Public Space\u2019). TRADERS focused on “enabling an exchange of experiences and knowledge in the field of participation in art and design – particularly within the context of public space.\u201d The conference focused on the role artists and designers can play in empowering the public in the decision making for and co-creation of public spaces.<\/p>\n

At STBY, our design research projects don\u2019t always focus on the design of or in public spaces, but our concern is often with empowering the public in co-creation – whether it\u2019s for a future bicycle parking service or wearable device. During the paper presentations on \u2018Multivocality, Design & Public Space\u2019 one presentation in particular got me thinking about our own approaches to co-creation in design research.<\/p>\n

An artist, researcher and facilitator, Agnieszka Mlicka<\/a>\u2019s PhD research focuses on what she calls \u2018participatory painting\u2019 – a co-creation method for spatial negotiation in particular in relation to the processes of architectural design. Through her creative start up Visual Agency<\/a> she uses participatory painting in workshop settings to bring people together to imagine architectural futures, and has held 26 workshops to see how this method can be used in various contexts.<\/p>\n

In spatial design and planning, architectural drawings can exclude people from the process who don\u2019t have this particular skill; \u2018participatory painting\u2019 opens up the process to include all those with a brush, paint and paper. For Agnieszka, \u2018multivocality\u2019 isn\u2019t just about including multiple viewpoints in the design process, but multiple modes of expression as well – both talking, a mode of expression perhaps more suited for extroverts, and painting, a mode of expression more suited for introverts. This is a learning we can put into practice as design researchers, as we often capture thoughts and experiences in written notes, audio recordings, and visual documentation (e.g. photographs or films). How might we capture experiences or thoughts through a mode of expression like painting or drawing? <\/p>\n

Participatory painting could be used as a design research method in the field during interviews for example, to capture one\u2019s impressions, feelings or thoughts around a particular experience or topic. It could also be used by a research or design team during analysis as a form of \u2018visual brainstorming\u2019 as Agnieszka calls it; perhaps a welcome relief from the more standard post-it notes. Looking at more participatory methods and modes of expression opens up new possibilities for us to look at how we capture participants\u2019 stories during fieldwork as well as analyse and generate design-related insights afterwards.<\/p>\n

See the official publication of the MEDIATIONS Conference proceedings here<\/a>.
\nSee how Veerle van der Sluys Storified it here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Photos courtesy of Visual Agency<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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