Monday, 21 September 2009
Wednesday Club - turns into think ARK
It's now been nearly two months and we have setup a small but promising little club. Initially we had started with no name and 'Wednesday Club' was coined by Lyns. We have now finally come up with something which we think fits 'ARK'. We are all very happy with it, and look forward to posting more of our thoughts. As you may have guessed we meet on Wednesday's in Cardiff. So if you are interested in joining us to chat about social design please get in touch by commenting below.
Sunday, 24 May 2009
Contact Us
If you have anything you want us to look into we are more than interested in meeting with you. Or if you prefer come along to our Wednesday Club around 7pm at Cardiff Arts Institute.
email info@thinkark.co.uk
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email info@thinkark.co.uk
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About Us
ARK are a group of people from diverse backgrounds, who are interested in using design thinking to respond to social issues in our community. We aim to work with the public, organisations and education establishments, using social design* to encourage discourse and response to social issues.
*What is social design?
OPTION 1:
For us Social design encompasses a range of ideas about people and how we experience and interpret the world through design. It relates to designing, building or creating something in a way that benefits those who use it as well as those who produce it. It is also about people working together to design things, for example products, services, systems, events etc, in a way that will work best for them and the community, based on their own knowledge and experience. Social design is about facilitating change for the better.
OPTION 2:
social design is the application of design thinking and co design to solve problems/issues relating to people and their environments.
As you can see there is no right or wrong, no definite answers, but we do know that it is people and involvement in these issues that are the key. Have a look here at one of our older posts with a nice presentation from Simon about his thoughts.
*What is social design?
OPTION 1:
For us Social design encompasses a range of ideas about people and how we experience and interpret the world through design. It relates to designing, building or creating something in a way that benefits those who use it as well as those who produce it. It is also about people working together to design things, for example products, services, systems, events etc, in a way that will work best for them and the community, based on their own knowledge and experience. Social design is about facilitating change for the better.
OPTION 2:
social design is the application of design thinking and co design to solve problems/issues relating to people and their environments.
As you can see there is no right or wrong, no definite answers, but we do know that it is people and involvement in these issues that are the key. Have a look here at one of our older posts with a nice presentation from Simon about his thoughts.
Resources
A list of things we come across and like and so pop on for others to look at:
Particple
Space Makers Network
Wenovski Design Thinkers Network
LiveWork
Continuum
Service design Tools
Service Design Hub
Artist Resource Centre
Creative Wales
Cardiff Design Festival
Cardiff Arts Institute
Pie Lab
Coten Creative waves - john Thackara speech
Particple
Space Makers Network
Wenovski Design Thinkers Network
LiveWork
Continuum
Service design Tools
Service Design Hub
Artist Resource Centre
Creative Wales
Cardiff Design Festival
Cardiff Arts Institute
Pie Lab
Coten Creative waves - john Thackara speech
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