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The Design of Everyday Life

December 12th, 2008 by Katharina   
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This book presents a number of case studies that are all related to a sociology of everyday artefacts. By investigating DIY practice, kitchen renewal, digital photography and the history of plastics, the authors describe how artefacts become embedded in an ecology of other artefacts and existing practice. [more...]

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Buchneuerscheinung: Günter Kranke: Technisches Design: Integration von Design in die universitäre Ausbildung von Ingenieuren

September 18th, 2008 by christian_woelfel   
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Der Klappentext: [more...]

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Barnes & Melles (2007)

May 1st, 2008 by gmelles   
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Design issues typically emerge from multifaceted social situations, making design research investigations ones of adequately contextualized application. [more...]

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Grundregeln für den Messwert und den Bericht von Quellen in der interdisziplinären Designforschung

May 1st, 2008 by gmelles   
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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...]

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Lucy Suchman: Human-Machine Reconfigurations

April 28th, 2008 by Katharina   
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The book is the updated and extended version of her 1987 dissertation „Plans and Situated Actions“, a frequently cited classic in HCI literature. [more...]

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Cultural Probes in HCI

April 15th, 2008 by Katharina   
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Recently I read some papers about how cultural probes evolved since their introduction by Dunne, Gaver and Pacenti. [more...]

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Designing Public

April 7th, 2008 by tom_bieling   
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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 Review

February 19th, 2008 by Rosan   
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Review Report
AHRC Research Review
Practice-Led Research in Art, Design and Architecture

Prof. Chris Rust [more...]

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Design Thinking

December 29th, 2007 by jonas   
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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...]

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East meets West or West meets East

December 22nd, 2007 by benjaminma   
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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...]

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The Media Equation

December 8th, 2007 by johannes   
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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...]

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Book reviews in FHP master class

November 28th, 2007 by andre   
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Just wanted to let you know about a master class at FH Potsdam that is partly concerned with Design Research. [more...]

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“Design Research Now”, book review

November 22nd, 2007 by michael_dorka   
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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...]

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Sustainability

November 20th, 2007 by Gesche   
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Did anybody hear of the book "Worldchanging - A Users Guide for the 21st Century"? [more...]

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Another interesting book

October 29th, 2007 by fabian   
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Very interesting [more...]

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