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Spaces for innovation

Authors:

Jennie Andersson Schaeffer, Yvonne Eriksson

Research group:

Information Design

Publication Type:

Journal article

Venue:

The International Journal of Design Education

Publisher:

Common ground

Abstract

The possibility that the physical spaces can support or disturb processes for innovation in production systems is overlooked in the manufacturing industry and in research. In this article it is argued that physical space affect how people think and act and therefore can be an enabling factor for innovation processes. The article rests on three studies in manufacturing industries and one in a design firm, with a focus on the employees' experience of the physical space in relation to innovation. The employees made photographs and used keywords (followed up with verbal interviews) to communicate the relationship they perceive between physical space and innovation. One conclusion of the article is that in order to create physical spaces that support innovation, it is important to analyse and elucidate myths and assumptions about spaces for innovation, closely study what activities in the company might spur innovation and, through spatial design, enable those activities to happen.

Bibtex

@article{Andersson Schaeffer3139,
author = {Jennie Andersson Schaeffer and Yvonne Eriksson},
title = {Spaces for innovation},
editor = {The International Journal of Design Education.},
volume = {7},
number = {3},
pages = {49--62},
month = {May},
year = {2013},
journal = {The International Journal of Design Education},
publisher = {Common ground},
url = {http://www.ipr.mdu.se/publications/3139-}
}