Visual Tools for Social Conversations (12 Visual Examples)

Whatever the initiatives promoted by design experts, they are supported by their own set of tools, the shared purpose of which is to make what is being proposed and discussed visible and tangible. In fact, design tools are artifacts specifically designed to trigger, support, and summarize social con...

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Published inDesign, When Everybody Designs p. 133
Main Author Manzini, Ezio
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published The MIT Press 06.03.2015
Subjects
Applied arts
Applied sciences
Art genres and movements
Art history
Arts
Commercial art
Communications
Conversation
Cultural Studies
Design
Design engineering
Design Theory
Development studies
Development theory
Economic disciplines
Economics
Engineering
Finance
Financial economics
Funding
Global Studies
Government
Graphic design
Industrial design
Industrial engineering
Informal communication
Media Studies
Municipal engineering
Political science
Public administration
Public policy
Social Sciences
Sustainable cities
Sustainable communities
Sustainable design
Sustainable development
Sustainable transport
Transportation policy
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ISBN0262028603
9780262028608
DOI10.7551/mitpress/9873.003.0013

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Summary:Whatever the initiatives promoted by design experts, they are supported by their own set of tools, the shared purpose of which is to make what is being proposed and discussed visible and tangible. In fact, design tools are artifacts specifically designed to trigger, support, and summarize social conversations. We can group them in three main categories:conversation subjects, conversation prompts, andexperience enablers. Every co-design process includes the co-creation of shared ideas on what to do and how. The shared ideas emerge from a conversation between the interested social actors. To start and feed this conversation, different tools can be
ISBN:0262028603
9780262028608
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/9873.003.0013