Design Research: Methods and Perspectives
The tools of design research, writes Brenda Laurel, will allow designers "to claim and direct the power of their profession." Often neglected in the various curricula of design schools, the new models of design research described in this book help designers to investigate people, form, and process in ways that can make their work more potent and more delightful. "At the very least," Peter Lunenfeld writes in the preface, "design research saves us from reinventing the wheel. At its best, a...
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How the tools of design research can involve designers more directly with objects, products and services they design; from human-centered research methods to formal experimentation, process models, and application to real world design problems.
Preface: The Design Cluster10Introduction: Muscular Design16Acknowledgments20Section Introduction: The Changing Role of Research22Qualitative Methods: From Boring to Brilliant23Ethnography and Critical Design Practice30The Paradox of Design Research39Designing for the New Old41Demo: Design Improvisation49Hispanic Culture in Design Research55Overview of Quantitative Methods in Design Research63User Requirements70Section Introduction: Design (As) Research82Speculation, Serendipity and Studio Anybody83Toward a Definition of the Decorational94Demo: DesignWriting101Sensory Anomalies109Spontaneous Cinema as Design Practice118Game Forms for New Outcomes129Strategy, Tactics and Heuristics for Research135Section Introduction: Test Pilots144Bringing Clarity to the "Fuzzy Front End"145Research Methods for Designing Effective Experiences155Enabling Design164Non-Assumptive Research172Play as Research176Demo: Creating a Culture of Design Research185Interdisciplinary Design Research193Conceptual Designs201Moving Your Idea Through Your Organization212Demo: Vibe-Hunting221Living Proof225Research to Fuel the Creative Process234Section Introduction: Reports from the Field242"You Can't Bring That Game to School!"244SimSmarts253Social Impact by Design260Researching America's Army268A Virtual Walk on the Moon276Demo: Mobium285Research and the Movies293Research and Design for Kids301Real Brand Alignment309Conclusion: Beauty, Brains and Bravery316References and Acknowledgments317Index323Biographies329
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