On Participatory Design

In this paper, in the context of the information age, puts forward the concept ofparticipatory design, and separately from the development survey, participatory designcharacteristics, and the reason for the existence of the requirements and principles of severalaspects. Participatory design requirements for designers in ensuring product safety, function,satisfy the consumers themselves involved in assembling the artificial products demand. Atthe same time, through the participation of the play to their creativity, so that consumersexperience brings hands-on fun, self-satisfaction and sense of achievement and spiritualneeds. Participatory design initiative to enable consumers to participate in, experience in theprocess of design, the invisible way to change their lives, affecting their values and way oflife. In addition, participatory design to adapt to network sale customization, while reducingthe commercial packaging transportation costs, as a kind of relations of production, it playsan important role in catalysis, guidance, adjustment of human and nature, human and socialrelations.