Businesses and the HCI and Interaction Design communities have
embraced design and design research. Design research as a field
blends methodologies from several disciplines - sociology,
engineering, software, philosophy, industrial design,
HCI/interaction design -- so designers can learn from past
successes and failure and don t have to reinvent the wheel for each
new design (whether it s a digital product, a building, an airplane
or furniture). They take into account form, function, and,
ultimately, users.
Many books exist in the research and academic realm for this
field, but none create a usable bridge to design practice. Although
business people are embracing design, they are not going to become
designers. Design researchers need tools to apply their research in
the real world.
"Design Research through Practice" takes advanced design
practice as its starting point, but enriches it to build a design
process than can respond to both academic and practical problems.
The aims of the book are to study three design research traditions
that cover methodological directions in current leading research
community. Taking you from the Lab, Field and to the Showroom, Ilpo
Koskinen and his group of researchers show you successful
traditions in design research that have been integrated into
processes and products. Bridging the gap from design research to
design practice, this is a must have for any designer.
Gathers design research experts from traditional lab science,
social science, art, industrial design, UX and HCI to lend tested
practices and how they can be used in a variety of design
projects
Provides a multidisciplinary story of the whole design process,
with proven and teachable techniques that can solve both academic
and practical problems
Presents key examples illustrating how research is applied and
vignettes summarizing the key how-to details of specific
projects"
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