--- title: Participatory Design | daily.dev description: A reflection on participatory design, inspired by a documentary about urban planning. The author draws a parallel between a housing project where low-income... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/participatory-design-plzxiedod twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Participatory Design | daily.dev og:description: A reflection on participatory design, inspired by a documentary about urban planning. The author draws a parallel between a housing project where low-income... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/participatory-design-plzxiedod og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/pLzXIEdoD.png og:image:alt: Participatory Design og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Participatory Design **[Touchlab](https://daily.dev/sources/touchlab)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A reflection on participatory design, inspired by a documentary about urban planning. The author draws a parallel between a housing project where low-income families help finish their own homes and how software should ideally be built — with user participation. A key anecdote illustrates how families chose bathtubs over hot water heaters, challenging assumptions about what users want and underscoring the importance of genuine user feedback in design decisions. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [On inclusive personas and inclusive user research](https://daily.dev/posts/on-inclusive-personas-and-inclusive-user-research-ghoqeqvkf) · CSS-Tricks · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/participatory-design-plzxiedod) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Participatory Design","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/participatory-design-plzxiedod","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/participatory-design-plzxiedod"},"datePublished":"2026-08-02T07:15:39.648Z","dateModified":"2026-08-02T07:37:49.304Z","description":"A reflection on participatory design, inspired by a documentary about urban planning. The author draws a parallel between a housing project where low-income...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--foaA6JGU--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2004","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--foaA6JGU--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2004","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Touchlab","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Touchlab","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--CQ0u6GwB--/f_auto,q_auto/v1785654902/logos/touchlab?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/touchlab"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/participatory-design-plzxiedod","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"general-programming","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Touchlab","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/touchlab"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Participatory Design"}]} ```