Design making its way to the city hall: Tensions in design capacity building in the public sector

Boztepe, Suzan,1976-Linköpings universitet,Produktrealisering,Tekniska fakulteten,Linköping University, Sweden,CAPE (author)

Design making its way to the city hall : Tensions in design capacity building in the public sector

Public sector organizations have been increasingly turning to design in their pursuit to innovate and address pressing challenges that seem intractable through their existing ways of working. Design’s presence in the public sector is still a relatively recent phenomenon ridden with many challenges. Through a study of three municipalities in Sweden, we present tensions designers face as they work their way to build design capacity. We argue that making a place for design in organizational systems and their ways of working requires skillfully navigating these tensions. We describe each tension in terms of their contradictions embedded in dualities and discuss designers’ ways of managing them. Practical applications for design and public administration are also discussed.

Linde, PerMalmö universitet,Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3),CAPE,Malmö University, Sweden(Swepub:mau)k3peli (author)
Smedberg, Alicia,Dr,1989-Malmö universitet,Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3),CAPE,Malmö University, Sweden(Swepub:mau)ah6374 (author)
Linköpings universitetProduktrealisering (creator_code:org_t)

In:IASDR 2023Milan : Design Research Society
In:IASDR 2023: Life-Changing Design, 9-13 October, Milan, ItalyMilan : Design Research Society

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