What is co-design?

A participatory approach to designing solutions, in which community members are treated as equal collaborators in the design process. 

It brings together three types of expertise: 

1. those with 'lived or living' experience of the challenge (or who will be impacted)
2. 'practice wisdom’ - people with professional experience of the issue 
3. 'research evidence’ – specialists or academic experts and datasets

And is about:

• Exploring problems and solutions and learning together
• Respecting and treating each other as equal partners
• Engaging in a process, rather than a single or one-off event

Reference – Blomkamp (2024)