Codesign: People Participation Practice

CoDesign: People, Participation, Practice explores the past, present, trends, and future potential of codesign and participatory practices globally.

Simone Taffe is Professor of Communication Design and Associate Director of Research in the School of Design and Architecture at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne Australia. She has fifteen years’ experience as a graphic designer and design manager in local councils and branding consultancies. Taffe is an award-winning design academic, where for ten years, she has tailored real-world learning for design students, resulting in university-wide and Australian government outstanding teacher recognition awards. Taffe’s research focuses on understanding how participatory methods intersect with communication design practices. Her work has been published in the fields of Participatory Design, Codesign, and Communication Design. Taffe co-created with Berrett and Pedell and the city of Casey, the award-winning real-time digital data visualisation project called 3 Corners of the City (2022).

Meghan Kelly is Professor of Communication Design in the School of Communication and Creative Arts at Deakin University, Melbourne Australia. She has extensive industry experience as a graphic designer where her passion for a global understanding of design began. Her research has focused on identity creation and representation in a cross-cultural context, and the process to achieve respectful, culturally owned outcomes in professional design practice. Kelly co-authored with Dr Russell Kennedy, Professor Brian Martin and Jefa Greenaway the award-winning Australian Indigenous Design Charter and International Indigenous Design Charter documents. Kelly’s publications include the co-authored book ’Museum development and cultural representation: Developing the Kelabit Highlands Community Museum’ (2018).