Co-creation workshop: Accessible and Inclusive BDSM gear

This workshop is aimed at people with access needs and who have trouble finding products for themselves, it incorporates a co-design methodology and focuses on letting consumers design products for themselves and see what works for them, this process is reiterated from the 7-step design process.

I had 20 slots for the workshop, and 13 people had signed up, I had to tell off other people since I asked a simple question as to why they wanted to attend the workshop, this ensures that people with genuine needs come into the workshop rather than people who thought it was a craft workshop or something to do on a weekday evening, which doesn't serve the integrity of the place and the space I am trying to create.

I think people engaged quite quickly and were able to get comfortable and chatting quickly,and i did a pre-workshop survey to get demographic information on the participants and wanted to do a post-check in to see how they felt about it, which i think doesn't work since they haven;t been able to get back to me, or takes a while to.

During the workshop, some key learnings were that they valued durability, strength, aesthetics, and "sexiness" as a quality also mattered a lot, other factors like friend group influence and so on also influenced their decisions on things such as material, style of products and so on.

Another important thing based off the questionnaire was that people with lower levels of income, preferred their products to be cheaper and vice versa.