Rory A. Cooper is the founding director of the Human Engineering Research Laboratories, a joint center of the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). He is a VA ...

When I look at the gorgeous libraries in the annual Library Design Showcase, I always wonder what happened behind the scenes that led to a particular design. I’m especially curious how designers ...

Moving away from top-down approaches, contemporary practices embrace more inclusive and participatory models and design processes. Participatory planning, a notion that prioritizes involving the ...

Of late, there has been a renewed and reinvigorated exchange of ideas across science and technology studies and participatory design, emerging from a shared interest in 'publics'. In this article, we ...

Submissions open until 02 May 2018. Many early adopters of sustainable smart city technology employed a technocratic approach. The dominant visions of these future cities, such as in the “eco smart ...