Homecare Future Scenario Development by Students in a Multidisciplinary Setting

DS 78: Proceedings of the 16th International conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE14), Design Education and Human Technology Relations, University of Twente, The Netherlands, 04-05.09.2014

Year: 2014
Editor: Erik Bohemia, Arthur Eger, Wouter Eggink, Ahmed Kovacevic, Brian Parkinson, Wessel Wits
Author: Stilma, Margot; Verhoeven, Fenne; van Beurden, Karin
Series: E&PDE
Institution: 1Research Centre for Design & Technology/ Research group Industrial Design, Saxion University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands; 2 Research Centre for Technology & Innovation/ Research group Co-design, University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, the Netherlands
Section: International Collaboration
Page(s): 516-522
ISBN: 978-1-904670-56-8

Abstract

The development and implementation of a ‘future scenario development-method’, is described in this paper. The scenarios should inspire designers to create products that fit the society 10 to 20 years from now. The future scenario development-method enabled both health care and product design-students to work together at different locations. The method consists of four steps: 1. project demarcation, 2. driver analysis, 3. scenario development, and 4. scenario writing. The applied method appeared helpful in communication between the different disciplines and their mutual understanding during the project.

Keywords: Interdisciplinary, design, health care, future, scenario, caregiver, homecare

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