Design social no Brasil: um breve panorama

Abstract

Although there are numerous discussions about the definitions, characteristics and concepts about Social Design, there is a difficulty in finding the projects and designers who work with this approach in Brazil, as well as the methodology applied in these projects, fragmenting the discussion about the subject, pushing students and designers away. This paper sought to draw a brief overview of Social Design in Brazil, in order to instigate the development of other research, contributing to the still incipient discussion on the area. As a result it was observed: the relationship of Social Design with extension practices in Universities, in the quest to build knowledge with society, through the groups in which it interacts, generating social transformation; the methods and tools used, when unspecified, are fundamentally based on collaborative processes, where co-creation is encouraged.