Literature Review

Each chapter describes one of the case studies in detail and relates it to a question surrounding the co-evolvement of (socially desired) practice and the actual artefacts. [more...]

Der Klappentext: [more...]

Design issues typically emerge from multifaceted social situations, making design research investigations ones of adequately contextualized application. [more...]

Dieses Papier, das bei der Konferenz IASDR07 geliefert wird, adressiert die bestimmten Herausforderungen an das Durchführen eines Kontextberichts (contextual review) in der interdisziplinären Design [more...]

The book is the updated and extended version of her 1987 dissertation „Plans and Situated Actions“, a frequently cited classic in HCI literature. [more...]

Recently I read some papers about how cultural probes evolved since their introduction by Dunne, Gaver and Pacenti. [more...]

Alles, was im öffentlichen Raum herumsteht oder sich bewegt, ist mehr oder weniger gut gestaltet: Papierkörbe ebenso wie Verkehrsschilder, Straßen und Parkbänke, alle Informationen und Wegweisunge [more...]

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Practice-Led Research in Art, Design and Architecture

Prof. Chris Rust [more...]

There is a quite interesting article in the magazine "form" (jan/feb08) about design thinking. The author is Nigel Cross, pointing at his new book "Designerly Ways of Knowing". [more...]

Design is a technique and thought combine together to solve the client's problem. But we still have the limitation of using the symbols for design:East meets West meets East. [more...]

Computers are not tools but treated as real persons. Two psychologists are looking at the processes underlying the very heart of interaction design: the relation of the user (i.e. [more...]

Just wanted to let you know about a master class at FH Potsdam that is partly concerned with Design Research. [more...]

There are many opinions concerning the beginning of design as a discipline, its main tasks, its possibilities and prospects. One of the key strengths of Design Research Now. [more...]

Did anybody hear of the book "Worldchanging - A Users Guide for the 21st Century"? [more...]

Very interesting [more...]