사회혁신을 촉진하는 디자인 워크숍의 도구 개발 및 활용

Abstract

Many cities are implementing projects such as urban regeneration or rural experience to address the problem of population decline in rural areas and small cities. In this study, a design workshop was held as part of the rural experience program in Mungyeong. The goal of this study was to investigate how facilitation tools can support participants' creativity, what role design workshops play in solving social problems, and whether facilitation tools can aid in the creation of new solutions. We held a workshop based on the design thinking process and used four different tools for each step of the process. The tools are called 'Ice Breaking', 'Myself Discovery', 'Sunflower Ideation', and 'Me and the City'. As a result, the tools enabled the participants to visualize and discover future directions for solving existing social problems. Secondly, the participants were able to open up and see new possibilities through a change of thinking, the formation of empathy with people from various backgrounds, and through the experience of multilateral perspectives from various people. Thirdly, the tools promote the self-reflection of the participants and affect their emotional development. In the design workshop, participants had initial difficulties approaching the design method but resolved it with the help of facilitators. In order to make design methods easily accessible, more research on design workshops and the use of facilitation tools is needed. This research is useful for understanding and improving the tools required to promote social innovation workshops, as well as for suggesting development directions for new tools.