Ebook: The Routledge companion to design research

Part I. What is design research?: The nature and process of design research; the purpose of design research; research approaches : The sometimes uncomfortable marriages of design and research / Ranulph Glanville -- A cybernetic model of design research: towards a trans-domain of knowing / Wolfgang Jonas -- The structuring of design knowledge / Andy Dong, Karl Maton and Lucila Carvalho -- Inclusive design research and design's moral foundation / Jude Chua Soo Meng -- Mapping interdisciplinary design research as flow around a medidisciplinary sea / Graham Pullin -- Exploring research space in fashion: the fluidity of knowledge between designers, individuals and society / Harah Chon -- Seeking to build graphic theory from graphic design research / Robert Harland -- Part II. How do we embark on design research?: Formulating research questions; conducting a literature search and review; developing a research plan : Re-articulation prevailing notions of design: about designing in the absence of sight and other alternative design realities / Ann Heylighen and Greg Nijs -- Conducting design research in and for a complex world / Daniela Sangiorgi and Kakee Scott -- What is a 'research question' in design? / Meredith Davis -- Towards the formulation of a research question: guidance through the glass bead game of research design / Rachael Luck -- Navigating the methodological mire: practical epistemology in design research / Ben Matthews and Margot Brereton -- The role of prototypes and frameworks for structuring explorations by research through design / Pieter Jan Stappers, Froukje Sleeswijk Visser and Ianus Keller -- The role of experimental studies in design research / Philip Cash and Steve Culley -- Researching the future by design / Martyn Evans -- A photograph is evidence of nothing but itself / Craig Bremner and Mark Roxburgh -- Part III. How do we conduct design research?: Asking questions; data collection methods; analysing information; ethical issues : Four cultures of analysis in design research / Ilpo Koskinen -- Hacktivism as design research method / Otto Van Busch -- Creative designerly mapping: using scenario thinking and co-design to inform a hybrid approach to design research / Kaye Shumack -- Drawing out: how designers analyse written texts in visual ways / Zöe Sadokierski and Kate Sweetapple -- Prototypes and prototyping in design research / Stephan Wensveen and Ben Matthews -- The visual thinking method: tools and approaches for rapidly decoding design research data / Simon Bolton -- An interpretation design pattern language / Margaret Woodward -- Action Research approach in design research / Beatrice Villari -- Studying design cognition in the real world using the 'in vivo' methodology / Bo T. Christensen and Linden J. Ball -- Part IV. How do we communicate design research?: Writing techniques; writing for your audience; publicising your research : Interdisciplinary design research: questions, conditions and interventions / Shannon McMullen, Lisa Banu and Robin Adams -- Depiction as theory and writing by practice: the design process of a written thesis / Mark Roxburgh -- The book as site: alternative modes of representing and documenting architecture / Marian Macken -- Communicating design research: improving the design of environments for people with dementia / Richard Fleming and Fiona Kelly -- 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 M. Owens -- Meaningful play: how playcentric research methods are contributing to new understanding and opportunities for design / Aaron Scott -- Examples of design research?: How we embark on design research; how we conduct design research; how we communicate design research : Examples of design research and their implications for design and designing / Alison McKay -- A mixed-methods approach to interior and architectural design history research / Kathryn L. Burton and Elaine L. Pedersen -- Research on history of architecture: an interdisciplinary approach that uses films to investigate the discourse of spaces / Cecilia Mouat -- Drifting walls: learning from a hybrid design practice / Ruth Morrow -- Designing mobile diaries: negotiating practice-led design research in a professional design setting / Penney Hagen and Toni Robertson -- Probing and filming with strategic results: international design research to validate, explore and develop a new product-service concept / Gee van Dijk and Bas Raijmakers -- Streetstarters: catalysing social cohesion at street level / Emiel Rijshouwer, Dries De Roeck, Nik Baerten and Pieter Lesage -- The 100-mile suit project / Kelly Cobb -- Celebrating the plurality of design research / Paul A. Rodgers and Joyce Yee.;"The Routledge Companion to Design Research offers a comprehensive examination of design research, celebrating the plurality of design research and the wide range of conceptual, methodological, technological and theoretical approaches evident in contemporary design research. This volume comprises 39 original and high quality design research chapters from contributors all over the world, with contributions from the vast array of disciplines in and around the modern design praxis, including areas such as industrial and product design, visual communication, interaction design, fashion design, hacktivism, and architecture. The Companion is divided into five distinct sections with chapters that examine the nature and process of design research, the purpose of design research, and how one might embark on design research. They also explore how leading design researchers conduct their design research through formulating and asking questions in novel ways, and the creative methods and tools they use to collect and analyse data. The Companion also includes a number of case studies that illustrate how one might best communicate and disseminate design research through contributions that offer techniques for writing and publicising your research. The Routledge Companion to Design Research will have wide appeal to researchers and educators in design and design-related disciplines such as engineering, business, marketing, computing, and will make an invaluable contribution to state-of-the-art design research at postgraduate, doctoral, and post-doctoral levels and teaching across a wide range of different disciplines." --Publisher.