Today, in user-centred design, the user is integrated alongside the design team. In our work, we propose to go further and to integrate the user in the phases of co-creativity. Indeed, the user could be considered an expert of his life situation, so that his participation in all phases of the product design process is also essential. We propose to explore the very specific world of FabLabs. In particular, we will ask how to enable design experts and Makers to work around the life situation. We propose to apply user-centred methodologies to design a life situation tool in co-creativity.
To renew their innovation and creativity practices, companies are now equipping themselves with new specific places: innovation laboratories. These laboratories support project teams during creativity sessions to generate ideas. In order to improve these practices, it is necessary to be able to assess and compare the different sessions organised. By joining the Clean Mobility Lab of Faurecia, we were able to analyse, observe and participate in creativity sessions. This immersion allowed us to develop an assessment grid of forty-eight indicators covering the entire creativity process.
Collaborative design is the use of design practices which tend to favor the integration of different experts, and to support creativity and innovation. Therefore, in this study, we were particularly interested in the collabora-tive design tools used in the specific context of a pedagogical hackathon. During this event, 1310 engineering students mentored by professors and industrial experts worked on around 131 industrial projects. In this article, we will present our study of the tools put in place by the participants of these innovative projects according to their training. Our study is based on a collection of project data. We will show that storyboards are often used in projects that tend toward radical innovation. Moreover, these tools are used by groups who have not received specific training on using storyboards.
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