What is Design Public?
Design Public is a series of conversations about design and innovation in the public interest.This blog is curated by the Center for Knowledge Societies, the innovation consulting firm that guides the establishment of the Adianta School for Leadership and Innovation.
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Towards a Civic Innovation Lab : an Outbrief from Design Public 5
A collection of panel discussions, keynote addresses, expert interviews, and contributed essays exploring the potential of open, mobile and social technologies in ensuring participatory, accountable, and effective governance. Drawing from the rich conversations at Design Public 5, open data solutions, … Continue reading
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Tagged #dp5, Center for Knowledge Societies, civic, CIVIL, CKS, design, design public, Design Public 5, innovation, lab, public
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One Week Until Design Public Conclave
We are one week away from Design Public III: Trust, Participation, Innovation, a conclave bringing together government officials, private sector, social sector, funding agencies, specialists, entrepreneurs, and academics to discuss and debate the challenges, goals, and strategies of transforming India … Continue reading
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Tagged academic, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, cis, collaboration, communication, conclave, delhi, designpublic, development, event, google, government, IBM, India, india@75, innovation, LiveMint, National Innovation Council, National Museum, participation, private, public, rural, technology, trust
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The Decline of Social Capital
Since the 1960s and 1970s, Robert Putnam, a professor at Harvard University, has observed the decline in what he calls ‘Social Capital’: features of social organization, networks, norms, and trust, that increase the ability of people in a society to … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil Society, designpublic, engagement, innovation, institutions, network, participation, politics, public, robert putnam, social, social capital, technology, trust, voting
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Experience Based Design: Healthcare
Public institutions are often criticized as being bureaucratic, inefficient, or ineffective at fulfilling the purposes they are designed to do, compared with private, user-centric, industries. Often in the case of public institutions, individuals have no opportunity to choose a better … Continue reading
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Tagged carers, community, design, designpublic, future communities, healthcare, hospital, innovation, patients, private, public, society, staff, trust, UK, Young Foundation
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Technology and the New Digital Individual – Liberation or Enslavement?
The many revolutions happening around the world, from Ramlila Maidan to Tahrir Square, have been, or are being, at least in part fueled and propelled by the technologies we use, especially online social media. And at the same time, governments … Continue reading
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Tagged collaboration, crisis of trust, digital individual, Egypt, innovation, internet, protest, public, Tahrir Square, technology, trust
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How Shall We Understand the Public Interest?
By Aditya Dev Sood At the Design Public Conclave, we are concerned to explore how Innovation serves or is related to the Public Interest. In order to address that large question, however, we must first consider what we might mean … Continue reading
What is the Relationship between Innovation and Design?
By Aditya Dev Sood The classic theory of innovation is provided in economic terms by Joseph Schumpeter, who listed several different kinds of changes that could be brought about through entrepreneurial activity. These include the discovery and creation of new … Continue reading
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Tagged challenges, cognitive, complexity, creativity, design, innovation, public, public sphere, thinking
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