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Sint-Lucas_RTS

jonasw — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:30:43 +0200

Research Training Sessions 2008, Session 3
Tutors: Wolfgang Jonas and Rosan Chow

12June – 14 June 2008
Architecture Department Sint-Lucas Brussels. Paleizenstraat 65-67. 1030 Brussels.

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Why / How Design Research?

Why? What is the relevance of design research? For whom except for design researchers?
How? What are the paradigmatic models of design research? Which one is my own approach?

Why?
- a conversation collecting factors / variables relevant for the question
- systemic modelling of the phenomenon (Vester 2007)
- discussion / analysis of the systemic model of the phenomenon
- conversation and conclusion regarding why

How?
- research FOR / ABOUT / THROUGH design, practice-based research
- models of research, my own model of research
- t.bag as an example, critical discussion of t.bag
- conversation and conclusion regarding how

Both questions will be dealt with alternately. We will prepare little exercises.

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Before the workshop, students are asked to register at http://www.designresearchnetwork.org/drn/ and to upload short statements regarding their research topics under "Conferences → Sint-Lucas_RTS".

They are also asked to read our t.bag paper and are recommended to take a look at Vester’s book, see below for references.

References:
- Rosan Chow, Wolfgang Jonas (2008) "Beyond Dualisms in Methodology. An Integrative Design Research Medium ("t.bag") and some Reflections", submitted to DRS 2008
- Frederic Vester (2007) The Art of Interconnected Thinking, MCB-Verlag

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Thursday 12 June –
17h30 Workshop
1 Introduction of students and tutors
19h30 Dinner

Friday 13 June –
09h30 Workshop
2 Why design research: collecting factors and variables
11h10 Coffee break
11h30 Workshop
3 Why: developing systemic images
12h30 Lunch
13h30 Workshop
4 How design research: Visualizing own approaches
15h10 Coffee break
15h30 Workshop
5 How: t.bag presentation & critique
17h10 Conclusion of day 1

Saturday 14 June –
09h30 Workshop
6 Why: Analyzing the common system model
11h10 Coffee break
11h30 Workshop
7 Why: Findings from the systemic model
12h30 Lunch
13h30 Workshop
8 How: Describing own approaches: questions&hypotheses
14u30 Conclusion workshop
9 Why & How: Lessons learned?
16h00 End

PaskPresent

jonasw — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:42:43 +0200

Paskpresent - the Cybernetic Art and Design Exhibition in Vienna, curated by Ranulph Glanville, member of the DRN advisory board.
See http://paskpresent.com/

Service-Design Categories

jonasw — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:54:29 +0100

Dear all,

may I ask for your opinion / expertise regarding service design categories. The question: does it make sense to use the categorizations from business for service DESIGN purposes? Are there specific service design categorizations available? Remarks are welcome.

Thanks,
Jonas

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From Wikipedia:
- Bildungswesen
- Erziehungswesen
- Gastronomie, Hotellerie
- Gebäudemanagement
- Gesundheitswesen
- Handel
- Hauspersonal
- IT-Dienstleistung, Telekommunikation
- Kreditwesen (z. B. Banken)
- Öffentlicher Dienst
- Prostitution
- Sicherheitsdienste
- Übersetzungen
- Verkehrsdienstleistung
- Versicherungswesen
- Verwaltung
- Wasser- und Energieversorgung
- Wissenschaft

business > future < design

jonasw — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 14:24:54 +0100

We are pleased to announce the 2nd System Design Symposion, Friday, 25th January, 15.00 at Kassel University. Speakers at "business > future < design" are:
- Rosan Chow, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, Berlin
- Gerdum Enders, global mind network, Kassel
- Oliver Gerstheimer, chilli mind, Kassel
- Günter Moeller, hm+p consulting, Frankfurt und München

We hope to meet you in Kassel!

Wolfgang Jonas
Nadja Schäfer
Ingo Rues
Michael Neusüss

Welcome Turkey at DRN

jonasw — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 19:37:19 +0100

Welcome to the new Turkish members of the club! We hope you find DRN a useful medium for your communication and research. Lively debate + constructive critique is welcome.
Jonas

conversation with Ranulph Glanville

jonasw — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:43:53 +0100

Conversation with Ranulph Glanville, January 10th 2008, 19:30, Restaurant Paris-Moskau, Alt-Moabit 141, 10557 Berlin - Tiergarten http://www.paris-moskau.de
Register at the DGTF-Site http://www.dgtf.de

Paradigmatic Clusters in Design Research

jonasw — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 12:38:05 +0100

Dear friends and colleagues,
this contribution is aiming at initializing a discussion about paradigmatic clusters in design research today:
Is there something like identifiable sub-communities or clusters within the whole community, grouping around (for example) epistemological assumptions, research concepts, research questions, people or networks of people, journals, etc.?
Attempts to do this are numerous, but do not deliver coherent results so far. Does it make sense to tackle this question?

Just in order to show what I mean: There are recent attempts by Buchanan, Chow, and Sanders:

- Buchanan, Richard (2001) "Children of the Moving Present The Ecology of Culture and the Search for Causes in Design." Design Issues 17(1):67-84.

Buchanan introduces a 4-section scheme to explain the various ways of theorizing about designing. According to Buchanan, there are four generative principles on which design theorizing stands:
- "Experience and environment",
- "Agent”,
- "Underlying forces" and
- "Transcendent Ideas".
The first two are toward phenomenal processes and the last two are toward ontic conditions.

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- Chow, Rosan (2003) "Shop around: design theories for design education", ICSID 2nd Educational Conference. Critical Motivations and New Dimensions, Hannover: iF International Forum Design GmbH, 2003
http://www.designresearchnetwork.org/drn/files/Chow_Shop%20around.pdf

Chow distinguishes 5 approaches:
- The Cognitive Problem Solving (Design Studies, Simon, Schön, Cross, …)
- The Knowledge Processing (Bertola, Cooper, Reinmoeller and Tellefsen, …)
- The Communication Interaction (Broadbent, Jonas, Findeli and Pizzacaro, …)
- The Philosophic Intellectual (Buchanan, Sless, Nelson & Stolterman, …)
- The Radical Democratic (Fry, Jones, Manzini, and Margolin, …)

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- Sanders, Liz (2006) "Design research in 2006" DesignResearchQuarterly V.I:1 September 2006: 1-8
http://www.designresearchnetwork.org/drn/files/Sanders-Cluster.jpg

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I have copied Liz' answer + Rosan's comment from the other track in order to keep the discussion in one track. See below.
Jonas

December 1st, 2007 by LizSanders
Thanks, Jonas, for letting me know about the DesignResearchNetwork. Here I will describe what the “topography of design research” is about. Since I spend most of my time in practice, this map is about the practice of design research in the design development process. It is about design research for the design of products, systems, spaces, buildings, etc. And it is even more about the new ways that we will be researching and designing for experiencing, serving, transforming, etc. in the future. I see the map changing over time (and it is already starting to do that).
I have three objectives:
1. I think you are right in that there are many communities of design research. I hope that this map will expose the connections between the communities so they will talk more with one another in constructive ways.
2. My aim is for the map to help people understand that all the clusters provide useful, relevant information and/or inspiration to the design development process. What we need to learn more about is how to take the best paths though the landscape throughout the design development process.
3. Looking at it from an historical perspective reveals forces of change over time and space. Looking at it with an anticipatory perspective can reveal opportunities.
So the map was not created for “theorizing about designing” not is it a “design theory for education”. If it is useful for those purposes, that is good.
I welcome comments, questions and suggestions. Keep in mind that the map will look different depending on where you are “standing”. Feel free to draw the landscape as you see it.
Thanks, Liz Sanders

Liz's topography of design research and beyond
On December 1st, 2007 Rosan says:
welcome to the network, Liz! i can see the 'logic' of your topography, given that it is created for design research for design development process. but then again, i am curious about what you think of the design research that i have described as 'cognitive problem solving', 'knowledge processing', communication interaction', 'philosophic intellectual', 'radical democratic'. do you see little relevance of these lines of research to what you practice?

welcome Ken

jonasw — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:42:46 +0100

Welcome Ken at DRN! We hope this will be the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Looking forward to your contributions.
Jonas

Gibt es Grenzen für Design?

jonasw — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:54:11 +0100

4. design Management Forum am 9. und 10. November 2007 im WDR Köln