INNOTIIMI

The workshop with Fabel Kommunikation in Stockholm two weeks ago, was an eye-opener for me. (Thank you Fabel for an inspiring day!) I have received so many new contacts, who are interested in User Participation in different ways. One contact has lead to another and so forth. The other day I contacted Innotiimi, by recommendation of Emelie at "Dialoglabbet" in Malmö.

I recently got a response from Ingrid Lysell at Innotiimi. She said that they would love to be part of my blog! She also promised me to send some material about the organization and some photos. So, I guess I will get back to you to tell you more about Innotiimi. If anyone is curios, you can always visit their homepage to learn more!

Soon you will also see me as one of the bloggers at www.thestorylab.se
I will tell you more, when it happens!

/Ida

EUKN/ Suburbs goes Hammarkullen

Yesterday Teresa from Interacta contacted me again. She asked if I had heard of Chalmers presentation "Suburbs goes Hammarkullen"....Yes, I have (Thanks to Jennie!) Teresa told me that architect students have worked with the users/persons living in the area to create new design and that she thought it might interest me!

If you are interested it is on: Monday, January 14th at 4 pm, at "Folkets Hus", Hammarkullen. I don't know if I will be able to go, but still it might be something for you out there!

Teresa also talked about EUKN with is short for "Europan Urban Knowledge Network". It's a place where they share knowledge about urban development. Please see their homepage for more information: www.eukn.org (in english) www.eukn.se (in swedish). Teresa, from Interacta is working half-time with this organization.

Thank you Teresa for all information!
/Ida

INTERACTA

"Inter Acta - dialog och utveckling" (Interact - dialogue and development) is a company working with different tools for communcation. The founder, Teresa Lindholm has been working with workshops and education for a long time. She is very dedicated to the subject user participation. I found Teresa through Emelie Wieslander, who works for "dialoglabbet" (the dialogue lab) in Malmö.

Please see Teresa´s homepage:
www.interacta.nu
in the column to the right, on this page.

/Ida

MAKE TOOLS

Yesterday Liz Sanders sent me an e-mail. Liz has a PhD in Experimental and Quantitative Psychology and is the president of the design research firm, Make Tools. One of her special expertise areas is Participatory design research.

I contacted Liz when I was writting my master thesis. She has been very supporting and encouarging to my work. Liz has given me interesting essays on the subject, participatory design. Please see her webpage www.maketools.com (in the right column on this page)

Liz has also been working with an architectural firm, when they were designing a new building. She worked with the customers, giving them tools like post-its, magazines, colors, scizzors etc. Her work is very exciting and inspiring.

Thank you Liz for all your help!

/Ida

SWECO ARCHITECTS (Malmö)

Today I received an encouraging e-mail from Peter Fröst, architect and professor at Chalmers University in Sweden. Peter was one of my critics, when I presented my master thesis in May this year.

He named a couple of websites about user participation in urban planning, called "Medborgardialog". I understand that some of you out there might not be able to read it, but for the others, here is one of the websites:

http://issuu.com/swecoarchitectsmalmo/docs/designdialog_broschyr

/Ida

THE WORKSHOP

Above are pictures from the workshop "My dream house".
The pictures are showing the four participants, selecting photos associating to the theme "My dream House".
I borrowed the photos from researcher, Saddek Rehal, architect at Chalmers, Sweden.

The photo-session was an inspiring part of the workshop. The participants were eager to find "the right" photos. They elected 6 photos each describing what their house should be like.

/Ida

Inspirational websites of the day

Today I received an e-mail from Emelie working at "Dialoglabbet" in Malmö, Sweden.
She recommended some good websites for me, which I thought I would share with you.
One finnish company called Innotiimi works with different tools, like OPERA and WISH board for the group work communication process.

Please see:
http://www.innotiimi.se/site/
Two other pages Emelie is referring to are:
http://www.cesam.se/
http://www.interacta.nu/

/Ida