Co-design for active aging: An approach to stimulating creativity of the young elderly in urban China

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Table 1. Participant selection criteria.

Participant selection criteria	Description
1. Age	The participants are required to fall within the age range of 50 to 64, which reflects the characteristics of the young elderly in China.
2. Knitting Experience	The participants need to possess a certain level of knitting experience, which is beneficial to the development and research of co-design activities.
3. Health	The participants need to have good physical and mental health, as individuals with severe health issues may struggle to participate in long-term co-design activities.
4. Cellphone Usage	The participants should be able to use cellphones since co-design activities involve both online and offline.
5. Design Experience	The participants do not need design experience, since participants with no design experience are more conducive to studying changes in their design behavior during co-design activities.

Figure 1. Schematic overview of the adapted co-design process (Drew 2019) and data collection process and methods.

Figure 2. Resource exploration and design direction.

Table 2. List of national policies related to the elderly.

Names of Important National Policies Related to the Elderly	Year
《Top-level Design with Ageing》	2015
《National Population Development Plan (2016–2030)》	2017
《Proposal on Planning Early Implementation of an ‘Active Ageing’ Strategy》	2018
《National Medium and Long-term Plan to Active Aging》	2019

Figure 3. The Future Aging: (a) Traditional handicraft cultural resources in Beijing, (b) Survey on local organization resources: Qiaoniang Association, Qiaoniang Studios, (c) Survey on the manager of the Qiaoniang Association, the Qiaoniang Studio, and the young elderly, (d) The co-design team, (e) Sharing knowledge in the co-design workshop, (f) The goals’ discussion and tasks in the workshop, (g) survey on a factory, (h) acrylic lamp, (i) Recording opinions, (j) Sharing the Future Aging Project, (k) The final fabrics are designed by the young elderly.

Figure 4. Two core organization systems of the Future Aging.

Figure 5. Inspiration, concepts, prototypes, tests, and evaluation of the fabrics for the lamps.

Figure 6. The changes in making behavior (the dimensions of design knowledge and design process) of the young elderly.

Figure 7. The changes in enacting behavior of the young elderly.

Figure 8. The organization structure of the co-design activity.

Drew, C. 2019. "The Double Diamond: 15 Years on." Design Council. Accessed September 3 2022. https://www.designcouncil.org.uk/newsopinion/doublediam-ond-15-years.

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