The relevance of different players on the design project: garment, identity, motivation and social innovation

Abstract

This article is the result of one of the research steps of a Textile Engineering PhD investigation project, that starts with the premise that design for social innovation represents a challenging discontinuity of the traditional project methods, because it articulates an ability to enounce collective and individual interests. The motivation matrix, a new relationship compilation, is used with the aim to generate ways of social innovation. It is a co-design and visualization important tool, in which each player defines expectations on its system involvement, allowing the comprehension of the connections between the different system players and what makes them linked to each other.