Content
Notes on contributors xi
Introduction Paul A. Rodgers and Joyce Yee 1
PART I: WHAT IS DESIGN RESEARCH? The Nature and Process of Design Research; The Purpose of Design Research; Research Approaches 7
1. The Sometimes Uncomfortable Marriages of Design and Research Ranulph Glanville 9
2. A Cybernetic Model of Design Research: Towards a Trans-Domain of Knowing Wolfgang Jonas 23
3. The Structuring of Design Knowledge Andy Dong, Karl Maton and Lucila Carvalho 38
4. Inclusive Design Research and Design's Moral Foundation Jude Chua Soo Meng 50
5. Mapping interdisciplinary Design Research as flow around a Medidisciplinary Sea Graham Pullin 60
6. Exploring Research space in fashion: The fluidity of knowledge between designers, individuals and society Harah Chon 72
7. Seeking to Build Graphic Theory from Graphic Design Research Robert Harland 87
Part II: How do we embark on design research? Formulating Research Questions; Conducting a Literature Search and Review; Developing a Research Plan
8. Re-articulating Prevailing Notions of Design: About designing in the absence of sight and other alternative design realities Ann Heylighen and Greg Nijs 101
9. Conducting design research in and for a complex world Daniela Sangiorgi and Kakee Scott 114
10. What Is a "Research Question" in Design? Meredith Davis 132
11. Towards the formulation of a research question: guidance through the glass bead game of research design Rachael Luck 142
12. Navigating the methodological mire: practical epistemology in design research Ben Matthews and Margot Brereton 151
13. The role of prototypes and frameworks for structuring explorations by research through design Pieter Jan Stappers, Froukje Sleeswijk Visser and Ianus Keller 163
14. The Role of Experimental Studies in Design Research Philip Cash and Steve Culley 175
15. Researching the Future by Design Martyn Evans 190
16. A Photograph Is Evidence of Nothing but Itself Craig Bremner and Mark Roxburgh 203
PART III: How do we conduct design research? Asking Questions; Data Collection Methods; Analysing Information; Ethical Issues 215
17. Four Cultures of Analysis in Design Research Ilpo Koskinen 217
18. Hacktivism as design research method Otto von Busch 226
19. Creative Designerly Mapping: Using scenario thinking and co-design to inform a hybrid approach to design research Kaye Shumack 236
20. Drawing Out: How designers analyse written texts in visual ways Zoë Sadokierski and Kate Sweetapple 248
21. Prototypes and Prototyping in Design Research Stephan Wensveen and Ben Matthews 262
22. The Visual Thinking Method: Tools and Approaches for Rapidly Decoding Design Research Data Simon Bolton 277
23. An Interpretation Design Pattern Language Margaret Woodward 292
24. Action Research Approach in Design Research Beatrice Villari 306
25. Studying Design Cognition in the Real World Using the ‘In Vivo’ Methodology Bo T. Christensen and Linden J. Ball 317
PART IV: How do we communicate design research? Writing Techniques; Writing for Your Audience; Publicising Your Research 329
26. Interdisciplinary Design Research: Questions, Conditions and Interventions Shannon McMullen, Lisa Banu, and Robin Adams 331
27. Depiction As Theory And Writing By Practice: The Design Process Of A Written Thesis Mark Roxburgh 346
28. The Book as Site: Alternative Modes of Representing and Documenting Architecture Marian Macken 364
29. Communicating design research: improving the design of environments for people with dementia Richard Fleming and Fiona Kelly 374
30. Making meaning happen between ‘us’ and ‘them’: strategies for bridging gaps in understanding between researchers who possess design knowledge and those working in disciplines outside design Michael R. Gibson and Keith Owens 386
31. Meaningful Play: How Playcentric Research Methods Are Contributing to New Understanding and Opportunities For Design Aaron Scott 400
PART V:Examples of design research? How We Embark on Design Research; How We Conduct Design Research; How We Communicate Design Research 415
32. Examples of design research and their implications for design and designing Alison McKay 417
33. A mixed-methods approach to interior and architectural design history research Kathryn L. Burton and Elaine L. Pedersen 431
34 .Research on History of Architecture: An Interdisciplinary Approach That Uses Films to Investigate the Discourse of Spaces Cecilia Mouat 445
35. Drifting Walls: Learning from a hybrid design practice Ruth Morrow 454
36. Designing Mobile Diaries: Negotiating practice-led design research in a professional design setting Penny Hagen and Toni Robertson 465
37. Probing and filming with strategic results: International design research to validate, explore and develop a new product-service concept Geke van Dijk and Bas Raijmakers 480
38. Streetstarters: catalysing social cohesion at street level Emiel Rijshouwer, Dries De Roeck, Nik Baerten and Pieter Lesage 490
39. The 100-Mile Suit Project Kelly Cobb 504
Celebrating the plurality of design research Paul A. Rodgers and Joyce Yee 516
Index 519