Design 4 Play: Intergenerational Participatory Approach Through Childhood and Its Reminiscence  

While you are here,
Would you like to help with the QUEST?
Gather the participants and invite them to the tree  
Record/sketch/write/sculpt your own memorial traces of childhood
Review the publications and return them to the library
Collect the fruits and put them in the bowl
Explore the memories around

This study investigates how participatory design and play are mobilized to cultivate intergenerational empathy and dialogue, with a particular focus on children’s present and future wellbeing. Adopting a research-through-design approach, the project engages with material traces, memories, and the phase of childhood as mediating elements for intergenerational understanding and care. Through participatory processes involving both children and adults, the research employs practice-based methods to explore the meaning-making. The initial hypothesis suggests how creative engagements can foster emotional resonance and understanding of the concerns and situations faced by younger generations. The study contributes to child-centered and intergenerational design discourses by proposing an empathetic, care, and practice-oriented approach to design for wellbeing.
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About this memorabilia
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Object-oriented Approach
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About the memory of
a tree
About this memorabilia
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Recall your memories by sketching here?
Huizinga, J. (1971). Homo ludens: A study of the play-element in culture. Beacon Press.

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Akama, Y., Pink, S., & Sumartojo, S. (2018). Uncertainty and Possibility: New Approaches to Future Making in Design Anthropology. Routledge.
Recall your memories by capturing here?
Vaughan, L. (Ed.). (2018). Designing Cultures of Care. Bloomsbury Publishing.
Recall your memories by recording here?
Time tunnel
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Vessel of memories
Scaffolding of thought
Research Proposal
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Research Questions
Kulturens Hus och Bibliotek, Luleå
Foliage of remembered play
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Following the artefact: Second-hand Toys at Risslan Återvinningscentral, Luleå, Sweden
Situated Practice
Following the artefact: Second-hand Toys at Risslan Återvinningscentral, Luleå, Sweden
Vessel of memories
(Ibu & Bule, 1993)
Vessel of memories
References and Annotations
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About the project:

 This project forms part of the Design Doctoral Research conducted within the Arts-Based Research Center (ARC) at Luleå University of Technology, Sweden. The research is carried out by Ari Puguh under the supervision of Associate Professor Åsa Wikberg-Nilsson, with Suzanna Törnroth serving as co-supervisor.​