Design research: a revolution-waiting-to-happen

Dorst, C.H.

doi:10.1016/j.destud.2007.12.001

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“…The lack of testing of design methods is one of the five major areas of concern regarding the current situation in design research as expressed by Dorst (2008). Earlier, a similar observation was also expressed by Shah et al (2000Shah et al ( , 2003, who found that very little formal experimental evidence exists to indicate usefulness of idea generation methods for conceptual design and design methods/tools in general (Ruder and Sobek II 2007).…”

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Evaluation of a method and a computer tool for generating concept designs

Žavbi

Fain²,

Rihtaršič

2013

Journal of Engineering Design

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This version is available at https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/42608/ Strathprints is designed to allow users to access the research output of the University of Strathclyde. Unless otherwise explicitly stated on the manuscript, Copyright © and Moral Rights for the papers on this site are retained by the individual authors and/or other copyright owners. Please check the manuscript for details of any other licences that may have been applied. You may not engage in further distribution of the material for any profitmaking activities or any commercial gain. You may freely distribute both the url (https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/) and the content of this paper for research or private study, educational, or not-for-profit purposes without prior permission or charge.Any correspondence concerning this service should be sent to the Strathprints administrator: strathprints@strath.ac.ukThe Strathprints institutional repository (https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk) is a digital archive of University of Strathclyde research outputs. It has been developed to disseminate open access research outputs, expose data about those outputs, and enable the management and persistent access to Strathclyde's intellectual output. This art icle m ay be used for research, t eaching, and privat e st udy purposes. Any subst ant ial or syst em at ic reproduct ion, redist ribut ion, reselling, loan, sub-licensing, syst em at ic supply, or dist ribut ion in any form t o anyone is expressly forbidden.The publisher does not give any warrant y express or im plied or m ake any represent at ion t hat t he cont ent s will be com plet e or accurat e or up t o dat e. The accuracy of any inst ruct ions, form ulae, and drug doses should be independent ly verified wit h prim ary sources. The publisher shall not be liable for any loss, act ions, claim s, proceedings, dem and, or cost s or dam ages what soever or howsoever caused arising direct ly or indirect ly in connect ion wit h or arising out of t he use of t his m at erial. The authors have developed a method/computer tool to assist (student) engineering designers in generating concept designs. The method is based on the chaining of physical laws and complementary basic schemata (BS). The tool generates chains which serve as an aid in the development of concept designs. In this paper, the authors compare concept designs generated by a control group (which used functional structure and morphological matrix) with those from an experimental group that used computer-generated chains. The experimental group was found to have generated a greater number of different solutions than the control group; the generation of different solutions indicates a high level of variety and a better chance to find potentially innovative solutions. The established difference in the number of different solutions is statistically significant and the results indicate that the BS facilitate greater variety of concept designs.

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Evaluation of a method and a computer tool for generating concept designs

Žavbi

Fain²,

Rihtaršič

2013

Journal of Engineering Design

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“…There is a distinct analytic rigour that is being pursued in the papers presented here but this may not be easily recognised. Seemingly, if there is a revolution that is waiting to happen in design research (Dorst 2008) it may be a slow, methodological one: one that mirrors the intermittent interest and resurgent uptake of these analytic approaches in other fields. This uptake may increase as we move towards publishing 'the article of the future' (Elservier 2011), when video extracts and other materials can be presented together with an analytic account.…”

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‘Doing designing’: On the practical analysis of design in practice

Luck¹

2012

Design Studies

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Editorial for the special issue: Studying design in practice Luck, R. (2012). "'Doing designing': on the practical analysis of design in practice." Design Studies 33(6): 521-529.A strong sense of 'the social' underscores the study of design. This can be traced through seminal texts including Bucciarelli's study of engineers at work (1994), in recognising designers' reflective practices (Schön 1983;1992) and predating this, in the design research founders' commitment to design's social intent (Jones 1970;Alexander 1979;Archer 1984Archer [1965). This commitment to progress our understanding of the social nature of design is developed in this special issue 'Studying Design in Practice'. Here we draw attention to the study of design as it is practiced through the application of the analytic orientation of ethnomethodology and conversation analysis, and to the empirical, investigatory matters associated with it. (Hester and Francis 2008). It is the potential to develop our understanding of design as it is practiced through these kinds of analyses that will be explored in each of the articles within this special issue. "Ethnomethodology and Conversation

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“…Theories influence design practices and further design research, which in turn, dictates design outcomes. We are possibly on the verge of a revolution in design research that can advance beyond current forms of design practice and current research on design methodology (Dorst, 2008) and theory research. Changes and improvements are thus inevitable as research and practices are improved.…”

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Graphic Design Theory Research and Application in Packaging Technology

Oladumiye¹

2018

ADR

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Graphic design theory research examines how designers can read about and read into designs in order to stimulate growth and change in their own work. It inspires new lines of thoughts and questioning, and opens up new theoretical directions. This study sought to establish the significance and application of graphic design theories in product packaging technology, as packages have minimal time to achieve the goals for which they were created. It therefore generally examined graphic design theories used in day-to-day activities of graphic designers. Adopting a descriptive approach, a sample size of 450 respondents was taken in the Federal University of Technology Akure, with valid responses of 450. Following one hypothesis testing, the study showed a significant relationship between usage and application of graphic design theories and the creation of attractive graphic package designs. The study revealed that creative graphic designers often apply graphic design theories in creating package designs, and that package designs are more appealing or attractive with the application of graphic design theories. It established that graphic design theories guide effective consumer product package designers, both in growth and in practice.

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Design research: a revolution-waiting-to-happen

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Evaluation of a method and a computer tool for generating concept designs

Evaluation of a method and a computer tool for generating concept designs

‘Doing designing’: On the practical analysis of design in practice

Graphic Design Theory Research and Application in Packaging Technology

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