Design futures - Exploring internationally comparative product design methods to meet material need, facilitate entrepreneurship and create emplo (HN)

作为人类的核心能力，创意产品设计有能力通过设想，规划和执行现实世界问题的解决方案来改变物理环境，从而创造财富并提供就业机会（IDSA 2015）。通过开发专门的方法/工具，设计活动在发达国家已经达到了高度的复杂性，其结果对体现在制造产品的功能中的生活质量产生重大影响，并通过供应链经济对创造财富/就业做出贡献（Proximity Design，2014）。然而，由于在创意过程的机会和性质方面缺乏适当的培训和教育，这种方法的经济和社会效益在ODA受援国仍然存在问题。本项目将艺术和人文研究的独特和新兴方法融入创意产品设计，以分享，讨论，共同创造和设想学科可以为联合国2030年可持续发展议程的关键领域做出贡献的方式，即“新兴创意经济，创意实践......”并利用当地工艺、产品、专门知识和经验”（联合国，2015年）。最终结果是提供就业机会，以解决联合王国政府援助战略9（国际发展部，2015年）中确定的贫困问题。该提案利用了PI和CI在使用设计方面的专门知识，通过促进确定和应用适合官方发展援助受援国的方法，支持发达经济体和发展中经济体的产品开发。它建立在传播与信息中心最近获得的博士学位的基础上，传播与信息中心通过在缅甸的实地工作对关键问题有直接的第一手经验。项目成果将通过六个阶段的网络驱动办法实现，以促进成果的共享学习和传播：第一阶段-在官方发展援助受援国的四个层面上，为创意产品设计使用基于设计的办法确立最新思维第二阶段-整理官方发展援助受援国的四个层面上开展的创意产品设计的案例研究范例，有效应对机遇/挑战第三阶段-举办一次联合王国网络活动，通过介绍/讨论第一阶段的案例研究，探讨官方发展援助受援国创意产品开发的挑战和机遇;制定最佳做法办法;通过针对每个官方发展援助受援国确定的问题/议题/机会的共同设计任务，对此进行探索/测试（四份设计简介）;第4阶段-将共识驱动的方法和案例研究/设计成果转化为互动网站，在官方发展援助受援国四个级别的每一级的启动活动中分发录像和小册子，并分发给主要代表在所有146个官方发展援助受援国（学术/政府/商业）对所有项目活动进行反思，并通过进一步申请资金来确定进一步扩大工作的机会。网站和印刷小册子，对任何希望在官方发展援助受援国使用创意产品设计的人都有意义，以解决问题/问题/机会并创造就业机会（直接/间接），最终有助于减轻联合国2030年议程中确定的贫困。网络的成果将体现在分发的资源中，互动网站将在六个月的项目之后继续发展，上传案例研究，这些案例研究表明已确定的方法得到了成功应用，并由PI/CI自愿编辑/维护。

As a core human capability, creative product design has the capacity to change the physical environment by envisioning, planning and executing solutions to real-world problems that can generate wealth and provide employment (IDSA 2015). Through the development of dedicated methods/tools, design activity has reached high levels of sophistication in the developed world, where outcomes have a major impact on quality of life embodied in the functionality of manufactured products and contribution to wealth generation/employment through a supply chain economy (Proximity Design, 2014). However, the economic and social benefits of such approaches remain problematic in ODA recipient countries due to a lack of appropriate training and education in opportunities and nature of the creative process.This project integrates the distinctive and emerging methods of arts and humanities research in creative product design to share, discuss, co-create and envisage ways in which the discipline can contribute to key areas of the UN2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development i.e. "emerging creative economies, creative practices.....and building on local crafts, products, expertise and experience" (United Nations 2015). The ultimate outcome is to provide employment to tackle poverty as identified in the UK Government Aid Strategy 9 (Department for International Development, 2015). The proposal exploits the PI and CI's expertise in the use of design to support product development for both developed and developing economies by facilitating the identification and application of approaches that are appropriate for ODA recipient countries. It builds on a recent PhD undertaken by the CI who has direct, first-hand experience of the key issues through field work in Myanmar. The project outcomes will be achieved via a six phase network-driven approach that promotes shared learning and dissemination of outcomes:Phase 1 - Establish latest thinking in the use of design-based approaches for creative product design in the four levels of ODA recipient country Phase 2 - Collate case study examples of creative product design undertaken in the four levels of ODA recipient country that effectively address opportunities/challengesPhase 3 - Deliver a UK networking event to explore the challenges and opportunities for creative product development in ODA recipient countries through the presentation/discussion of the Phase 1 case studies; generation of an approach for best practice; exploration/testing of this through a co-design task for a problem/issue/opportunity identified for each of the ODA recipient country (four design briefs); identify a consensus-driven approach for roll-out to all ODA recipient countriesPhase 4 - Translate the consensus-driven approach and case studies/designed outcomes into an interactive website, video and booklet for dissemination at a launch event in each of the four levels of ODA recipient country plus distribution to key representatives (academic/government/business) in all 146 ODA recipient countriesPhase 5 - Reflect on all project activities and identify opportunities to further extend the work through further applications for funding The outcomes from the project will be embodied in an interactive website and printed booklet that has relevance for anyone wishing to use creative product design in ODA recipient countries to address problems/issues/opportunities and create employment (direct/indirect) that will ultimately contribute to the alleviation of poverty as identified in the UN2030 Agenda. The outcomes from the network will be embodied in the distributed resources, with the interactive website continuing to develop beyond the six month project through the uploading of case studies that demonstrate the successful application of the identified approaches and edited/maintained on a voluntary basis by the PI/CI.