• Co-design brings together lived experience, lived expertise and professional experience to learn from each other and make things better — by design. – Kelly Ann McKercher
• Co-design centers the lived experiences of the people, families, and communities themselves. The designer isn’t in charge of solving problems or making things, but rather responsible for enabling others to find their own solutions.
• Designers don’t have a monopoly on creativity. People are designing solutions every day without formal titles. Our role should be to amplify and collaborate, rather than to reinvent the wheel.

4 core principles of co-design

• share power
• prioritise relationships
• use participatory means
• build capability