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Ethics in (social design and innovation) practice

July 31, 2016penny 1 Comment

The conversation about ethics within the context of design, co-design, design research and social innovation has been bubbling away, and occasionally boiling over, for the last few years.The ethical questions and issues that are raised by applying design processes to… Continue Reading →

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Design for Social Innovation – A brief overview

July 31, 2016penny Leave a Comment

Earlier this year I did a talk with students taking the design and business major at AUT. This is an abbreviated version of the session slides, and provides an overview of design for social innovation, including reference to local examples. The intent was… Continue Reading →

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Design and Policy – short thoughts

July 31, 2016penny Leave a Comment

It’s incredibly exciting to see the growing work being done on the intersection between design and policy.  Amongst other things I think that design can support the connection between policy and practice, and help to make policy more accessible to citizens and community members. In the… Continue Reading →

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This blog covers work, thinking and experiences on participatory design, social design and design research by Penny Hagen. I help organisations take a collaborative and participatory approach to the design and implementation of new processes, policy, strategy, services and initiatives. The opinions shared here are solely my own

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