Here’s a text-based version of diagram ‘levels of community involvement in designing’
The diagram has four vertical columns (a spectrum)
Column one: design at
keywords: designer, doctor, engineer or professional as the expert, top down decisions
power: what decision–makers and designers think and want
Column two: design for
keywords: design thinking, anything ‘centred’ e.g human-centred (HCD), user-centred (UCD)
power: what designers and decision-makers want to know and achieve
Column three: design with
keywords: co-design, participatory design
power: about what matters to people with lived experience and decision-makers (co-decided)
Column four: design by
keywords: co-production, community-led design, citizen movements, design justice, research justice, self-determination
power: about what people, families and communities want for themselves
