codesign
verb
co·de·sign
ˌkō-di-ˈzīn 
variants
or co-design
codesigned or co-designed; codesigning or co-designing
: to design (something) by working with one or more others : to design (something) jointly
… leading Turing and engineer Tommy Flowers to codesign what many believe to be the world's first electronic, digital, programmable computer.—
Jerome M. O'Connor
Jerome M. O'ConnorTo help spur the development of Mods further forward, Motorola … will continue to design Mods itself, but it'll also co-design Mods with partners …—Kyle Wiggers
Kyle Wiggers
codesigner
noun
or co-designer
plural codesigners or co-designers
In my own work, as codesigner of three microprocessor architectures …
—Bill Joy
Bill Joy
Examples of codesign in a Sentence
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Virtual clothing from brands is nothing new, but Nike has teased that Swoosh’s community challenges will expand next year to include competitions in which members can win a chance to codesign virtual Nike products with the brand’s designers and earn a percentage of royalties.
—WIRED, 14 Nov. 2022
Alongside their regular jobs, the group is taking part in surveys and interviews about their remote-work experience and helping codesign new practices and technologies for hybrid and remote workers, Cisco said.
—Lucy Papachristou, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2022
With estimates for the number of costumes required to bring Dune to the screen in the hundreds, West enlisted Morgan to codesign.
—Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2021
Leveraging the global resources, connections and experience of SecondMuse, Black Tech Street is finding creative ways to codesign programs and court strategic partnerships with national and local resources in Tulsa.
—CNN, 21 May 2021
The breadth and creativity of the nurses’ innovations illustrates the importance of empowering workers to codesign workplace health and safety processes.
—Rachel Korberg, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2020
The three lens modules, including a 4K action cam and a 5K wide-angle camera codesigned by Leica, snap onto the red battery plate.
—Julian Chokkattu, Wired, 21 Apr. 2020
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WIRED, 14 Nov. 2022
Alongside their regular jobs, the group is taking part in surveys and interviews about their remote-work experience and helping codesign new practices and technologies for hybrid and remote workers, Cisco said.
—Lucy Papachristou, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2022
With estimates for the number of costumes required to bring Dune to the screen in the hundreds, West enlisted Morgan to codesign.
—Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2021
Leveraging the global resources, connections and experience of SecondMuse, Black Tech Street is finding creative ways to codesign programs and court strategic partnerships with national and local resources in Tulsa.
—CNN, 21 May 2021
The breadth and creativity of the nurses’ innovations illustrates the importance of empowering workers to codesign workplace health and safety processes.
—Rachel Korberg, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2020
The three lens modules, including a 4K action cam and a 5K wide-angle camera codesigned by Leica, snap onto the red battery plate.
—Julian Chokkattu, Wired, 21 Apr. 2020
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“Codesign.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/codesign. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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