Lubomir wrote
> No one should expect that indulging in design research will make him/her a
> better designer. He/she will become a better theorist -- that's it.
This seems to me such a bleak view. But if it is true, then many practicing
designers would have nothing to do with design research, and many potential
phd students with an interest in improving design through research, would
look elsewhere (though I now realise, following Ken's definitive history of
the list, that despite the list's name, phd design students are only one
small part of a MUCH LARGER set of interests on this list, and would
probably not be missed).
I'm not sure I know what being a 'better theorist' means, but I suspect I
don't want to become one.
So, if design research does not enable me to become a better designer, am I,
along with others with a similar interest, doomed (at least on this list)?
I take it that, like Ken, your answer to my question about 'the idea of
creativity' is 'NO'.
The world (on this list) gets bleaker.
David
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