# Participatory Design - Touchlab

DevFeed: [Participatory Design - Touchlab](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/participatory-design-touchlab-38059.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://touchlab.co/2012-07-participatory-design>)

Published: 2012-07-14T19:24:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Touchlab | Enterprise Mobile Innovation & Development](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/touchlab-enterprise-mobile-innovation-development.md>)

Topics: [Users](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/users.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>)

Tags: [design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/design.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>), [thoughts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/thoughts.md>), [users](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/users.md>)

## AI overview

This opinion piece reflects on participatory design through an example of low-income housing. It argues that users should help shape what is built and that seemingly obvious design decisions can fail when user feedback, preferences, privacy concerns, and operating costs are overlooked.

## Source excerpt

I am pretty sure I'm never going to be done organizing my apartment. Until I somehow frame this as productive exercise rather than some kind of opportunity cost, its always far down on the list of priorities. My brain does a wonderful job of finding other things to do. I usually put on some kind of background noise. Today it was Urbanized, a documentary about urban planning. That won't derail my organizing! Yeah, well, fail. There was a part early on talking about low income housing.