Design Against Crime as Socially Responsive Theory and Practice

摘要: This paper, the first in a series co-written (50/50%) with Adam Thorpe, Associate Director of Design Against Crime Research Centre/founder Vexed Generation, was presented at Society Conference (Lisbon 2006) and 2006 (Croatia 2006). It documents socially responsive design process evolving research methodology that we argue can be applied to other ethical (non crime) approaches design. The published article (also downloadable from www.sociallyresponsibledesign.org) discusses DAC/Vexed outputs as “socially design”, argues contemporary do not easily fit model responsible narrowly defined by Papanek (1971). Thirty-five years after Papanek, there is an awareness social environmental concerns designers who want address issues differently. To pursue this, 2007 started collaborating Khio University, Oslo, Elisava, Barcelona. Our paper linked rather than naive innovation, engage marketplace if critical frameworks are rigorous. The uses delivered DAC Generation explain commercial products achieved using iterative design/expert review discussed our paper. further articles on have been well received inside out discussion; for example account anti terrorist has circulated GLA, July invited us creation bike parking guideline strategy London developers.