Facilitators
Liz Sanders
Liz Sanders is a well known visionary in co-design research, having introduced many of the tools, techniques and methods being used today to drive and/or inspire design from a human-centered perspective. Liz has practiced co-designing across all the design disciplines. Her current focus is on bringing participatory, human-centered design thinking and co-creation practices to the challenges we face for the future. She is co-author of the book Convivial Toolbox: Generative Research for the Front End of Design. Liz’s workshop at Workchops will engage the experienced practitioners in a learning environment with hands-on, co-design activities and experiments.
For Workchops, Liz will be exploring co-design.
In this stream you will be:
Liz Sanders is a well known visionary in co-design research, having introduced many of the tools, techniques and methods being used today to drive and/or inspire design from a human-centered perspective. Liz has practiced co-designing across all the design disciplines. Her current focus is on bringing participatory, human-centered design thinking and co-creation practices to the challenges we face for the future. She is co-author of the book Convivial Toolbox: Generative Research for the Front End of Design. Liz’s workshop at Workchops will engage the experienced practitioners in a learning environment with hands-on, co-design activities and experiments.
For Workchops, Liz will be exploring co-design.
In this stream you will be:
- Creating tool kits and methods for co-design
- Working in a team to create a toolkit for a specific context
- Exploring the different contexts of where co-design can work within a project
- Understanding how co-design can be applied to wicked problems and large-scale initiatives
- Identify the mindsets and approaches required to coach others through co-design projects
- Shape your learning with Liz and the cohort to get the most from the experience
- Explore emergent themes, which may be particular to a New Zealand context
Andrea Siodmok
Andrea is both a practitioner and design thinker with an international reputation for applying design for public good. Formerly Chief Design Officer at the Design Council, she is currently head of the UK Government’s Policy Lab and a Deputy Director at the Cabinet Office.
She is passionate about expanding the boundaries of design practice. From the earliest days of her career at BT’s Adastral Park Labs, through to her more recent Policy Lab projects, her work demonstrates practical ways to improve peoples' lives using design principles and practice.
Over twenty years her clients and commissions have taken her around the world (and beyond – with some of her earliest consultancy work being designing the World’s smallest x-ray machine for NASA). During that time she has worked with global corporations, government departments, charities and social enterprises on multi-award winning projects. She was an early proponent of service design, and has been a champion for public involvement in designing better public services.
As a representative of British design she has been invited to run workshops across five continents, regularly speaking and writing about design. She was appointed a member of the European Commission’s Design Leadership Board and has been a contributor to a number of books on design including: Design for Policy (with MindLab), Design Transitions, Restarting Britain and Design for Growth and Prosperity.
Andrea has a first class honours in Industrial Design and a PhD in Virtual Reality. As an academic she taught product and transportation design, a link she maintains as a visiting fellow at the University of Northumbria. Andrea is also lifetime fellow and an active member of the RSA where over 20 years she has been involved in the Student Design Awards; as a student, tutor, sponsor, judge and more recently chair of judges.
For Workchops, Andrea will be exploring the tools and techniques of the UK Government Policy Design Lab.
In this stream you will be:
Andrea is both a practitioner and design thinker with an international reputation for applying design for public good. Formerly Chief Design Officer at the Design Council, she is currently head of the UK Government’s Policy Lab and a Deputy Director at the Cabinet Office.
She is passionate about expanding the boundaries of design practice. From the earliest days of her career at BT’s Adastral Park Labs, through to her more recent Policy Lab projects, her work demonstrates practical ways to improve peoples' lives using design principles and practice.
Over twenty years her clients and commissions have taken her around the world (and beyond – with some of her earliest consultancy work being designing the World’s smallest x-ray machine for NASA). During that time she has worked with global corporations, government departments, charities and social enterprises on multi-award winning projects. She was an early proponent of service design, and has been a champion for public involvement in designing better public services.
As a representative of British design she has been invited to run workshops across five continents, regularly speaking and writing about design. She was appointed a member of the European Commission’s Design Leadership Board and has been a contributor to a number of books on design including: Design for Policy (with MindLab), Design Transitions, Restarting Britain and Design for Growth and Prosperity.
Andrea has a first class honours in Industrial Design and a PhD in Virtual Reality. As an academic she taught product and transportation design, a link she maintains as a visiting fellow at the University of Northumbria. Andrea is also lifetime fellow and an active member of the RSA where over 20 years she has been involved in the Student Design Awards; as a student, tutor, sponsor, judge and more recently chair of judges.
For Workchops, Andrea will be exploring the tools and techniques of the UK Government Policy Design Lab.
In this stream you will be:
- Learning the tried and tested methods from the Policy Lab in the UK
- Learning new tools and techniques that are the cutting edge of Policy Lab practice
- Understand the projects and contexts in which these tools and techniques live
- Explore the latest theory to come out of Policy Lab practice
- Shape your learning with Andrea and the cohort to get the most from the experience
- Explore emergent themes, which may be particular to a New Zealand context
