‘Co-designing for society’ by Deborah Szebeko and Lauren Tan
Australasian Medical Journal (AMJ), September 2010
This paper discusses the approach, tools, processes and practices of co-design. It illustrates how co-design works through several thinkpublic projects. The paper also outlines the benefits co-design brings and what co-design means for the future of society in the UK and around the world.
‘Take a shortcut to business’ acumen by Deborah Szebeko
Design Week, March 2010
Deborah Szebeko shares her experiences of working with mentors. She discusses how they help you stay on course, both personally and professionally.
‘Co-designing for dementia: The Alzheimer 100 project’ by Deborah Szebeko and Lauren Tan
Australasian Medical Journal (AMJ), October 2009
This paper profiles how co-design was used in thinkpublic’s Alzheimer 100 project.
‘Designing healthcare environments’ by Deborah Szebeko
Health Service Journal, October 2008
Deborah writes about why design is important in health care improvement and how thinkpublic uses design to ‘aid a better understanding of the people who use and provide services’. She offers a range of tools and processes to support working together to develop and make improvements.
‘Co-designing for communication and service in the health care environment’ by Deborah Szebeko.
Journal of Public Mental Health, 2005
In this article, Deborah describes two health-related projects where design for communication has played a central role.