Design games as a tool, a mindset and a structure Kirsikka Vaajakallio

Chapter 3:
Diving into games, play and performance
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3.1 Design games as framework for co-design
3.1.1 Variety of design games
3.1.2 Purposes of design games in general and in
co-design particularly
3.1.3 Variations of the game metaphor
3.1.4 Play framework: step one
3.1.5 Design games as a tool
3.2 Games, play and performance
3.2.1 Co-design gatherings as social encounters
3.2.2 Play-qualities
3.2.3 Co-design gatherings as performance
3.2.4 Play concept and design games
3.2.5 Play framework: step two – drawing from
games, play and performance
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Chapter 4:
Experimenting with design games driven
co-design
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4.1 Extreme Design project
4.2 The process: organizing co-design through design games
4.2.1 Objectives of co-design
4.3 The three cases: Seeking for new design opportunities
4.3.1 Case KONE: People flow in senior houses
4.3.2 Case OPK: Developing new service models for
banks
4.3.3 Case Palmu: Exploring social media as source
of novel design openings
4.3.4 Prototyping design game designers skills by
exploring play-qualities
4.4 The fun of playing
4.4.1 Project Planning Game: setting a common vision
4.4.2 Character Game: empathy and inspiration
through role immersion
4.4.3 Storytelling Game: interplay between lived
experiences and future visions
4.5 Between a process overview and details of interaction
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