Bluebells: A design method for child-centred product development

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 189, Issue , 2006, Pages 361-368

  Kelly, S Rebecca ^a   Mazzone, Emanuela ^a   Horton, Matthew ^a   Read, Janet C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child centred design methods; Expert design methods; Participatory design

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; MUSEUMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

CHILD CENTRED DESIGN METHODS; EXPERT DESIGN METHODS; PARTICIPATORY DESIGN;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 34547140282     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1182475.1182513     Document Type: Conference Paper

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