Designing for wellbeing

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We have always been
here before: on design
courting real disciplines
Jari-Pekka Kola
This chapter discusses the situation designers face
when they step out of their comfort zone to work in
unfamiliar and highly specialised disciplines that
have established practices and require specialist
knowledge. For example, sciences such as psychiatry
and practices such as social work are worlds
apart from designing white goods in what goes to
setting design problems. The specificity and depth
of knowledge required to work in these domains
causes us to doubt how much we can contribute.
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