meraviglie
3A scent-based therapy game, a Trentino board game, and an online platform.
Le Tre Meraviglie / Intergenerational social design / 2021
Technology was the barrier. So the over-60s became the designers.
During the pandemic, I helped a Trentino team co-design with 25 people over 60, taught interaction design and led the project website.
over-60 consultants
25Participants over 60 were briefed as consultants, not enrolled as students.
public presentation
1 Oct 2021The work was shown to the community on the International Day of Older Persons.
students on placement
32Two Trentino institutes—one for design, one for IT—ran their internships inside the project.
The social problem
Older people wrote the brief.
Workshops and video calls turned participants' memories, everyday problems and ideas into three product briefs.
How a Meraviglia was made
Listen. Prototype. Show.
- 01Workshops
Collect stories and problems.
- 02Design briefs
Students develop three responses.
- 03Feedback
Participants review the prototypes.
After the presentation
Presented in October 2021.
- A site structure the association can update without redesigning it
- Methodology published as downloadable material instead of staying internal
- Over-60 consultants named and contactable, including for schools
HAAM’s role
Hosted the design team; led the website.
HAAM hosted the design placement and led the site. Project: Tremembè and partners; art coordination: Cindy Baptista; project coordination: Michela Boldrer. Funded by Italy's Ministry of Labour and Trento Province.
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