Open Space Technology is the name given to a meeting without a predetermined agenda. Developed in the 1980's by Harrison Owen, this meeting methodology is now used around the world as an effective process for facilitating change in both organizations and community settings. At HDL08 event it was used as the means to analyze and discuss the dimensions and possibilities of the new design paradigm.
The Open Space work resulted in nearly 30 themes and many engaging, energizing discussions. They are posted here right after the event closes. Please then continue the discussions here by commenting the topics.
OPEN SPACE TOPICS
- Designer responsibility
- East meets West
- How can designers effectively engage with the social sector?
- Creating human motivation through design
- How to facilitate social change with design
- Using design to solve the waste problem
- Social innovation and design
- Multispouse
- Design society: How to improve productivity & innovativeness
- Not building solutions (=new problems) = keeping a critical dynamics
- Design as politics
- Wicked problems and uncertainty
- Design for Information Society
- Sauna and creativity
- Designing for difficult people
- Role of design in energy consumption and innovation
- Managerial organizational governance design for systemic innovation – Need for structural changes in production and consumption patterns?
- Design education and employability
- Role of art/artist in design
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