Dear all,
(and hello to Eric in particular)
I am a mainly passive reader to the list, as many. However, the combination of Eric’s recent post (commenting that the debate on design research issues could be more focussed at times) and of my own interest in design research, have now sparked me to write.
I have completed my PhD in design earlier this year. One part of doing this degree is of course to think about the methodology and methods which to choose to conduct the research and to gain knowledge in whatever subject chosen.
One issue, which frequently reoccurs in the debate around research in the creative design disciplines (especially practice-based), is whether we have/choose established research methods from other disciplines (engineering, sociology, etc), whether there are research methods that are specific to design, or whether researchers in this area should invent their own methods…
I know we had some debate (earlier this year?) on the list about parts of this issue. However, what I would like to try with this call is to use the expertise of the list to establish
1) what specific design research methods there are in design, and
2) how are they different to design methods,
3) or whether they are only different in the mode of application.
With this, I would like to invite your suggestions. Please also give a reason for any suggestion(s) made.
If this undertaking proves successful, perhaps it can be taken further into a workshop at a forthcoming conference and/or some kind of publication.
Best regards to all,
Kristina
Dr Kristina Niedderer
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