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Doing Research in Design
Crouch, Christopher, Pearce, Jane
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Description for Doing Research in Design
Paperback. A comprehensive exploration of design research methods, with particular focus on the social impacts of design. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 bw illus. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX; AKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 171 x 11. Weight in Grams: 354.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847885791
SKU
V9781847885791
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Crouch, Christopher, Pearce, Jane
Christopher Crouch coordinates Higher Degrees by Research in the School of Communications and Arts at Edith Cowan University, Australia, and is Professor in the School of Art and Design, Southwest University, Chongqing, China. He is author of Modernism in Art, Design and Architecture (1999) and editor of Subjectivity, Creativity and the Institution (2009) and Contemporary Chinese Visual Culture: Tradition, Modernity ... Read more
Reviews for Doing Research in Design
The book is an excellent resource for teachers and research supervisors.
Nigel Cross
Design Studies
Fantastically concise but comprehensive text, accessible and relevant to both the expert designer and non-designer alike.
Clyde Doyle, Institute of Art, Design + Technology, Ireland
Nigel Cross
Design Studies
Fantastically concise but comprehensive text, accessible and relevant to both the expert designer and non-designer alike.
Clyde Doyle, Institute of Art, Design + Technology, Ireland