Differentiating co-design from other approaches
The landscape of design can feel like the wild west. Approaches can be hard to tell apart for funders and people invited to take part in a project or initiative. Unlike many other fields and disciplines, co-design currently lacks a set of standards that can be applied to judge it’s quality, efficacy and safety.
The table below describes differences in approaches, focusing on:
Where power is held, especially in decision making
Whether the people who are intended to benefit from a change have a role (and if so, what?)
The suitability of approaches to particular contexts and constraints.
