Utilization of support tools to promote the remote international co-creation design process

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21K12564
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 90010:Design-related
• Research Institution: Future University-Hakodate
• Principal Investigator: KANG NAMGYU 公立はこだて未来大学, システム情報科学部, 准教授 (70452985)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): Johnson Andrew 公立はこだて未来大学, システム情報科学部, 准教授 (90551937)
• Project Period (FY): 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 共創プロセス / 遠隔と対面の融合 / デザイン支援

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aims to support the sustainable and practical implementation of efficient and prosperous co-creation processes in any environment by combining face-to-face and remote co-creative design processes. To this end, we have carried out four remote and face-to-face co-creative design processes and have analyzed the characteristics of each co-creation process. Based on the results, we proposed a " NOKOSU " application to support the co-creative design process and provide a mechanism for a co-creation process that combines remote and face-to-face processes based on the double-diamond design model and tried to verify their effectiveness. As a result, we derived the conclusion that "remote" is more effective for the problem discovery process and "face-to-face" is more effective for the idea generation process, and the effectiveness of "NOKOSU" was also suggested.

Free Research Field

情報デザイン，感性工学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

正解のない問いは多様な内的要因の他者との共創による柔軟な対応力や幅広い知識, 経験を活かした高度な思考力が求められるが，COVID-19でその多くが制限されていた．本研究からは，遠隔の共創プロセスの有効性も明らかにし，共創プロセスを支援するアプリケーション「NOKOSU」の提案と，今後の社会において求められる有効な「遠隔と対面の融合」の共創プロセスの提案ができ，あらゆる環境下において効率的かつ豊かな共創プロセスをより持続的，かつ実用的に実施できるようになった．その成果は，学術的な意義のみならず，多くの分野でより有効な共創プロセスの実施するための知見が得られ，社会への貢献も大きいと評価される．