The buzzwordification of Co-Design

As designers seek to increase collaboration with impacted communities, has co-design become a buzzword?

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In recent years, co-design has emerged as an increasingly popular area of interest to drive social change and transformation. Many practitioners hail co-design as the “solution” to community engagement as it fosters creativity…

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