Making Society with a FIG
How can metadesign be applied in order to affect the decisions and actions made by humans that have a high probable impact on their society? The FIG (Fractal Innovation Generator) was an attempt to provide one of the possible answers to that question.
Project: MAKING SOCIETY — Methods & Tools for Co-Creation
The project called Making Society aimed to explore the role of metadesign as a design discipline and a craft at the bachelor’s level as well as concepts like society, systems, the mind-hand connection, making and holistic sustainability. It was seeking to answer questions regarding who had been given, and whom should have been given, agency in decision-making at different societal levels. What types of artifacts, practices, and interventions could or should be used to challenge the conventional implementation of these decision-making structures? This was explored through a combination of the examination of a variety of closely connected subjects, the interviewing of experts of related domains and a series of collaborative processes such as workshops and co-creative sessions.
Outcome: FIG — Fractal Innovation Generator
Making Society resulted in the development of FIG (Fractal Innovation Generator). In collaboration with Region Kronoberg this tool was designed to meet a specific challenge concerning public health development. FIG is a tactile tool that methodically guides multidisciplinary teams to co-create innovative ideas, which addresses complex challenges that affects multiple stakeholders on different levels of a society.
User testing: FIG — Co-Creative Session
