Simone Taffe
Swinburne University of Technology
22 Papers
33 Citations
Simone Taffe is an academic researcher from Swinburne University of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Participatory design & Graphic design. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 18 publications.
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Papers
The hybrid designer/end-user: Revealing paradoxes in co-design
TL;DR: It is argued that end-user participation in graphic design is complex, revealing paradoxes for designers engaging with end-users.
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Innovating product design through university-industry collaboration: Codesigning a bushfire rated skylight
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a case study of designing an award-winning innovative skylight using codesign to generate innovative design solutions in the collaboration, and demonstrate the value in the partnership by advancing university knowledge and increasing company productivity.
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Who’s in charge? End-users challenge graphic designers’ intuition through visual verbal co-design
TL;DR: The findings suggest that co-designing with end-users, challenges graphic designers’ use of intuition, as new ways of categorizing asthma information material were revealed that previous design-led processes had overlooked.
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Generate don’t evaluate: how can codesign benefit communication designers?
TL;DR: It is argued codesign can benefit communication design when structured hands-on generative toolkits simulate a perceived familiar environment, creating a conversational forum for ideas to flow while participants enjoy creating things with their hands.
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Reimagining ageing: insights from teaching co-design methods with designers, seniors and industry partners
Simone Taffe,Sonja Pedell,Andrea Wilkinson +2 more
- 23 Mar 2018
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a method for teaching co-design in collaboration with industry in a design education setting, where the problem-based learning in design education is used.
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