# The Cornerstone Indicators

> Developing a Prototype Participatory Indicator Design Process in the Swedish city of Västerås

Source: https://darkmatterlabs.org/feed/cornerstone-indicators  
Date: 2023-06-30  
Units: Next Economics, Conversation Design  
Team: Emily Harris, Vlad Afanasiev  
Partners: Samhällskontraktet, Dr Katherine Trebeck  
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/  
Attribution: Dark Matter Labs, https://darkmatterlabs.org

The Cornerstone Indicator concept is centred on reimagining metrics and indicators as tools for radical civic empowerment. In this project we formed a tri-partnership with Samhällskontraktet and the citizens of Västerås in Sweden, to co-develop a set of intuitively understandable indicators designed to measure a thriving life.

## Links

- [Report](https://drive.google.com/file/d/176CNiZYM1v2xcEzDVO4SHuEfRQoosCVL/view)
- [Blog Series](https://provocations.darkmatterlabs.org/samh%C3%A4llskontraktet-x-dark-matter-labs-the-cornerstone-indicators-587c48ef16a0)