Comma, Rethinking Libraries

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Comma, a community of makers, is a system which facilitates dialogue between the library users and companies involved in the library experience creation. It invites the users to become community makers and influence the products and spaces they are using through facilitated co-creation workshop with the designers and experts. Bringing together specialist knowledge and user experience gives potential to provide solutions that are more inclusive and responsive to specific user needs.

Comma participants gain maker skills and sense of ownership over the idea.
The company has an insight into specific user needs and prototyped solutions that can be turned into new products and services.

Comma System Map represents all parties involved in the organization and running of the workshop and the relationships between them.

Comma Blueprint shows key steps necessary to prepare, execute and finalise the workshop with specific outcomes in mind.

By introducing the concept of Comma workshops, Lammhults can become more pro-active and enter the area of consultancy for user oriented library solutions. In this way, Lammhults has a chance to become a true social innovator with socially responsive range of products and follow the library mission not only as Library People, but also as Supporters of Knowledge.

Potential product development as a result of the workshop through user involvement and maker skills.

Guerilla Marketing prototype of a public voting system. Public decides on the areas that are important to them that later can be taken as a focus for workshops

The team behind Comma:
Aleksandra Kozawska, Glasgow School of Art
Jaivardhan Singh Channey, Srishti Institute of Art Design and Technology
Felipe Massami Maruyama, Universidade de São Paulo