Doing research in design English ed.

Author

• Crouch, Christopher

Additional Author(s)

• Pearce, Jane

Publisher

London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2017

Language

English

ISBN

9781474294010

Series

Subject(s)

• ART AND DESIGN
• DESIGN-RESEARCH

Notes

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Abstract

Doing Research in Design presents new ways of thinking about the relationship between design and research by positioning design as a social as well as a material practice. This approach emphasises the social consequences of design decisions as well as the importance of the efficient functioning of a design.

Doing Research in Design argues that design promotes social change and that, in order to understand that change, designers must turn to social science research methods. The book outlines the relationships between thinking and doing in design - and makes explicit links between design, research, philosophy and sociology - and then examines four central social research methodologies in practice.

The aim of Doing Research in Design is to provide anyone involved in the field of design with the knowledge and understanding of the best methods to plan and conduct their research.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

1 online resource (xiv, 174 p.)

Dimension

-

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

Introduction ix–xiv
1. Positioning the Designer 1–14
2. What Do Designers and Researchers Do? Thinking, Doing and Researching 15–32
3. Practice and Praxis, Reflection and Reflexivity 33–52
4. Thinking About Research: Methodology 53–66
5. Doing Research: From Methodologies to Methods 67–82
6. In the Picture: Ethnography and Observation 83–102
7. Understanding Through Story: Narratives 103–122
8. Using Case Studies and Mixed Methods 123–142
9. Action Research 143–158
10. Writing about Research 159–174
Back matter

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