Activity Highlights
October 2019
Co-design Workshop
Adopting "Design Thinking" approach, the 2-day co-design workshop was held, by inviting users (elders and carers), professionals (occupational therapists, interior designers and architects) and students to share ideas, and understand the needs and daily life of elderly, in order to design an innovative age-friendly home.
Introduction Video on Co-design Workshop
1. Through mutual exchange and experiential activities, the participants developed empathy for users, and their innovation and imagination to create ideal age-friendly home were stimulated.
2. Design an ideal home with boundless imagination.
3. Use age-friendly items to identify users' pain points and design innovative furniture in the 1:1 show flat.
4. By learning key elements of interior design, participants created an "ideal age-friendly home" on a 1:10 home model.
5. Understand the materials and color matching in interior design (style, furnishings, colors, materials, etc) to develop the detailed design of an age-friendly home.
6. Use 3D printed furniture to build and test an ideal "Innovage Home".
