A co-creation session brings together users, stakeholders, and designers in a structured workshop to jointly generate, develop, and evaluate design solutions. It is the fullest expression of participatory design practice: users are not research subjects providing data for designers to act on, but co-designers whose expertise about their own experience is treated as an equal creative input. The method produces designs that are better aligned with real needs, more widely owned, and more likely to be adopted.
Co-Creation Session
Users and designers generating solutions together as equal creative partners
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Designers Academy
2 December 2025 · 5 min read
DesignMethods
In brief
A co-creation session is a structured workshop that brings together users, stakeholders, and designers to jointly generate, develop, and evaluate design solutions, treating user experience expertise as equal creative input.
