Method matters in the social study of technology: Investigating the biographies of artifacts and practices

S Hyysalo, N Pollock, R Williams - Science & Technology …, 2019 - research.ed.ac.uk
Abstract Science and Technology Studies understandings of technological change are at
odds with its own dominant research designs and methodological guidelines. A key insight …

Getting participatory design done: From methods and choices to translation work across constituent domains

A Botero, S Hyysalo, C Kohtala… - International Journal of …, 2020 - diva-portal.org
Collaborative arrangements between users and designers today are enacted in a
broadening array of circumstances. These include extended, even years-long projects within …

A systematic analysis of mixed perspectives in empathic design: Not one perspective encompasses all

W Smeenk, OT Plasencia… - International Journal of …, 2016 - research.tue.nl
Although it is common for designers to base design decisions on own experiences, the
specific utility, and legitimacy, validity of this first-person perspective in design is currently …

[PDF][PDF] Navigating empathy: empathic formation in co-design

W Smeenk - 2019 - research.tue.nl
At the moment, our society is experiencing more and more grand challenges such as climate
change, the aging population, migration, and loneliness. In the light of this increasing design …

User-Centred Design without Involving Users: A Longitudinal Case Study in a Human-Centred-Design–Mature Company

K Savolainen - The Design Journal, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Human-centred design has grown into a widely applied field that has produced a large
number of standards, methods and guidelines for designing meaningful and usable …

Design cookbook card deck in facilitating effective co-design in library contexts

KJ Lee, CK Martin, EA Björling… - … of Librarianship and …, 2025 - journals.sagepub.com
In this article, we introduce the Design Cookbook Card Deck, a tool designed to facilitate
effective co-design in library contexts. This tool provides a structured yet flexible approach …

Making sense of methods and approaches to user involvement

S Hyysalo, M Johnson - The Design Journal, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
There has been a dramatic growth in the ways of involving users in various product, service,
space, and systems development activities. Various categorizations, listings, and map**s …

Ecologies of user knowledge: Linking user insight in organisations to specific projects

S Mäkinen, S Hyysalo, M Johnson - Technology Analysis & …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Failure to meet user preferences continues to prevail as a major reason for innovation
project failure despite wide arrays of methods and methodologies available for addressing it …

[PDF][PDF] Human-Centred Design When Direct Contact with Users Is Not Possible

K Savolainen - 2021 - aaltodoc.aalto.fi
Develo** technologies and technological innovations is difficult and technological
innovations often fail. However, user involvement has had positive effects on system …

Decoding the smart city

E Hodson, M Nader Sayún, T Vainio - … of the 11th Nordic Conference on …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Smart city systems and applications are sha** how we experience urban life. While some
of these changes are obvious, many remain unseen. These technologies are intended to …