A presentation of activities at Aatlo/ARTS on Design for social innovation and the public and collaborative cluster theme of DESIS

1. Public & collaborative
+ open/shared/extended
contributing to the conversations on public
policies and social services
Andrea Botero
Aalto University - School of Arts, Design and Architecture
DESIS P&C Seminar @ RECIPROCITY Design Biennale 26th Oct 2012

2. P&C theme in Aalto (ARTS)
Variety of initiatives in teaching
and research across the school
that build on the expertise in
critical thinking, social
engagement, human
centeredness and co-design
that exists
(with a bit of twist added by WDC Helsinki 2012)
Examples:

3. 365 Wellbeing
• 12 study projects that had as cases actual
services or processes in the cities of
Helsinki, Espoo, Kauniainen and Lahti all
dealing with different dimensions of
wellbeing
Design Department
Jari Pekka Kola (jari-pekka.kola@aalto.fi)
http://365wellbeing.aalto.fi/

4. Service Design with and for Citizens
• Cross-Aalto thematic group focusing on user-
centered service design and innovation in the
public sector (pool of different projects and
courses)
Design Department (+ others) ASF
Tuuli Mätelmäki (Tuuli.matelmaki@aalto.fi)
http://designresearch.fi/blogs/withandfor

5. TANGO – Towards a New
interGenerational Openness
• EU funded platform for study projects in 3
design schools. In Helsinki the project creates
meeting places for encounters among
inhabitants of Känelmäki suburb (esp.
intergenerational interactions) by means of local
culture and artistic activities
Art Education Department and Creative Sustainability MA
Mira Kallio (mira.kallio@aalto.fi)
http://designresearch.aalto.fi/groups/nodus/2012/05/21/tango-towards-a-new-
intergenerational-openness/

6. Design for Healthcare’
• Collaboration with Tampere University Hospital
(regional hospital with a staff of over 7500 and
160 000 patients yearly) in the context of large
development program of the hospital of which
one part focuses on improving patient-centered
treatment. The project includes 2 pilots on new
service journeys and space prototyping
Department of Media
Juha Kronqvist (juha.kronqvist@aalto.fi)
http://designforhealthcare.blogspot.be/

7. Co-creation, co-governance and
peer-to-peer production in public
services
• cross-aalto SIG for understanding processes,
logics and incentives that can make possible
novel partnerships between the public sector,
private sector, third sector, and citizens, in order
to create, produce and deliver public services
(seminar, case studies, interventions, a book)
Department of Media (+ others) ASF
Andrea Botero (andrea.botero@aalto.fi) ME!
http://co-p2p.mlog.taik.fi/

8. creation
production
provision
governance
open/closed
personal/shared
common?

9. •Engeström, Y. (2008). From Teams to Knots: Studies of Collaboration and
Learning at Work (1st ed.). Cambridge University Press.
Benkler, Y. (2006). The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms
Markets and Freedom. Yale University Press.
Bauwens, M. (2006). The Political Economy of Peer Production. Post-autistic
economics review,, (37), 33–44.
Pestoff, V. A. (2008). A Democratic Architecture for the Welfare State. Taylor &
Francis.
Ostrom, E. (1991). Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for
Collective Action. Cambridge University Press.

11. Sanders and Stappers (2008 p6) model for codesigning
Sanders, E. B.-N., & Stappers, P. J. (2008). Co-creation and the new landscapes of design. CoDesign, 4(1), 5-18.

13. 9:15 Welcoming words: Professor Teemu Leinonen (Aalto University School of Art and Design)
9:30 Participatory design meets municipal services – examples and issues from the eGov
+ project / Professor Susanne Bødker – University of Aarhus, Aarhus Denmark.
10:30 – 11:45 Cases
Save Energy Helsinki / Petra Turkama, Aalto University School of Economics
Voimapiiri / Tiia Ruokosalo, A-Klinikkasäätiö
Loppukiiri Senior housing / Sirkka Minkkinen – Active Seniors Association
(+ Andrea Botero, Aalto University School of Art and Design)
The Helka network / Pirjo Tulikukka, Helsinki Neigborhood Asociation
(+Liisa Horeli, Aalto University School of Science and Technology + Joanna Saad-Sulonen, Aalto
University School of Art and Design)
11:45 – 13:30 Lunch discussions
13:30 Co-Production and Third Sector Social Services in Europe – some crucial
conceptual issues / Professor Victor Pestoff -Institute for Civil Society Studies, Stockholm Sweden.
14:30 – 15:30 Cases
Monimos / Teemu Ropponen, Aalto University School of Science and Technology
Stadinaikapankki / Ruby van der Wekken, Co-founder of Helsinki Time-bank
Refugee Hospitality Club / Pauliina Seppälä, Member
SopimusKone and peer to peer activation / Tuuli Kaskinen, Demos Helsinki
15:30 – 16:00 Round up and conclusions

14. Public services & peer
production?
Botero, A., Paterson, A. G., & Saad-Sulonen, J. (2012). Towards Peer-production in
Public Services: cases from Finland. Aalto University Publication Series Crossover 15.
Helsinki, Finland: Aalto University, School of Art, Design and Architecture.
DOWNLOAD: http://co-p2p.mlog.taik.fi

15. TOC • Innovations in Public Services: Co-Production and New
Public Governance in Europe Victor Pestoff (SE), Institute for Civil Society
Studies,
• Evolving towards a Partner State in an Ethical Economy Michel
Bauwens (BE/TH), Foundation for Peer-to-peer Alternatives, Chiang Mai
• Towards p2p learning: What media and whose peer? Teemu
Leinonen (FI), Aalto ARTS, Dept. Media, Helsinki
• Tiny social movements: Experiences of social media based
co-creation Pauliina Seppälä (FI), Independent, Helsinki
• Learning peer-to-peer practices step-by-step: 3 cases from
suburban Helsinki neighborhoods Pirjo Tulikukka (FI), Helsinki
Neighbourhood Association / Helsinki
• From margin to margin: Peer-based public services in the
addiction treatment field Tuukka Tammi (FI), Tiia Ruokosalo (FI) and Henna
Vuorento (FI) A-Clinic Foundation / A-klinikkasäätiö, Helsinki
• Time banking: Building the commons, towards a solidarity
economy Ruby van der Wekken (NL/FI), Helsinki Timebank / Stadin aikapankki, Helsinki

16. Design Labs?

17. • Might act as points for
(temporarily) centering different
trajectories
• Relationship with the “design
space” collectives see or imagine
(open or close it)

18. Not only events, not
only experiments, not
only interventions

19. • Rhythm of the “public”
Time (long term commitments)
Space
Things

20. Design is not enougth

21. THANKS !
andrea.botero@aalto.fi
http://www2.uiah.fi/~abotero/