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Co-Design is a philosophy which argues that all people have different ideals and perspectives and that any design process needs to deal with this. Co-Design traces its roots to Immanuel Kant, who in the Critique of the Pure Reason observed that to put a question one has to have some information or knowledge. Kant called this a priori knowledge. Therefore the concept of objectivity is difficult to attach to humans.

In Co-Design there is an understanding that all human artefacts are designed and with a purpose. In Co-Design one tries to include those perspectives that are related to the design in the process. It is generally recognized that the quality of design increases if the stakeholders interests are considered in the design process.<p>Co-Design is an development of the Systems Thinking, which according to C. West Churchman "begins when first you view the world through the eyes of another." People who have contributed in the field are:

• Edgar A. Singer <p>
• C. West Churchman <p>
• Russell L. Ackoff <p>
• Donald Schön <p>
• Olov Forsgren <p>
• Lars Albinsson <p>

Co-Design is applied in many fields, for instance architecture, information systems and business. It has recently become popular in mobile phone development, where the two perspectives of hardware and software design are brought into a co-design process. Hardware/software codesign <p>