"Towards design and creativity in the European work programmes"

DIID - No. 74 (2021) ◽

10.30682/diid7321b ◽

2021 ◽

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Keyword(s):

European Commission ◽

Turning Points ◽

Design Approach ◽

Funding Programs

"The paper investigates the growing adoption of design approach and its tools and the emergent inclusion of design and creativity in the new funding programs of the European Commission. It is assumed as a progressive process, with specific milestones, that move towards cross-disciplinarity between different sectors, and integrate citizens' inclusion in the innovation pathways at different scales. The contribution presents the turning points in the introduction of participatory methodologies and design as a multidisciplinary and transversal medium to foster a multi-stakeholders dialogue. The rethinking opportunity generated by the COVID-19 emergency has been seized by the European Commission, which put in evidence the relation between design and R&I processes, to foster cross-innovation and multiple knowledge, blurring the boundaries between creation, distribution and reception, with a special eye on culture and creativity. "

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On the Use of Wearable Computing in Aircraft Maintenance: First Results From WearIT@work

CANEUS2006: MNT for Aerospace Applications ◽

10.1115/caneus2006-11007 ◽

2006 ◽

Author(s):

Michael Lawo ◽

Michael Boronowsky ◽

Otthein Herzog

Keyword(s):

European Commission ◽

Emergency Response ◽

Wearable Computing ◽

End Users ◽

Design Approach ◽

Aircraft Maintenance ◽

User Centred Design ◽

Research Concept ◽

First Results

Currently wearable computing is still a technology of niches and in a laboratory stage. With wearIT@work a project dedicated to applications was launched by the European Commission. The first 18 months of the project are over and the first demonstrators and results were achieved. As the project strongly follows a cyclic and user centred design approach much effort was put on investigations with end users in the four application domains of aircraft maintenance, production, healthcare and emergency response. Demonstrators of wearable computing solutions were achieved and evaluations with end users performed. In this paper the research concept of the project is introduced and results from the wearable computing aircraft maintenance show case are presented.

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