A presentation I did for the 2010 Participatory Design Conference held in Sydney. This presentation focusses on the "Reduce Your Footprint" project and how we used agile and participatory design throughout the course of the project.
principles Design for people Always design in context Ask questions, reject assumptions Design with your community Break up problems into smaller ones Discover hidden opportunities Encourage risk taking and celebrate mistakes
Transparency to the client and to the community Frequent inspection, feedback and review Allowed adaption Helped ensure we are and keep building the right thing.