The Early Product Concept Prototyping Strategy in Participatory Design Process

Lee Yu Hin Brian (2019)

To foster a liveable and smart city in global and local contexts, it is necessary to articulate a better participatory design approach that engages diverse stakeholders and multi-disciplinary experts. This thesis investigates the design process in a participatory design workshop environment. It aims to inform a practical methodology for the early phase of the design concept development process – the description of a facilitator training framework that can guide participants to formulate an appropriate verbal and visual concept for the development of the early-phase product concept prototype that can ensure explicit conversations amongst the stakeholders. This thesis aims to identify the relationship between quality interaction in the prototyping process and appropriate design outcomes through a series of qualitative and quantitative case studies, interviews, and a design task. A descriptive model is constructed to articulate the parameters that improve early-phase product design concept prototyping. 

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