At 04:17 PM 4/12/2004 +0100, Eduardo Corte-Real wrote:
I should say that most of the research on Design and for Design is on
predesign and, therefore, for Design. Production of cultural meaningful
"performative" objects must depend on deep and knowledgably research
results that should stop when design starts. Designerly research should be
any research process with results that helps design decisions.
Dear Eduardo,
I am please to hear this. Most of the research activity in design is
localized in the predesign phases. Of course, there is a need for research
during design conceptualization and after that, but the most
research-intensive phase is predesign. This allows for greater
specialization and for developing a new type of professionals -- predesign
researchers. Unfortunately, the market is not ripe for this. The worst
thing is that clients doesn't understand this. They are the major problem
for their own problems. Because, when traditional designers engage in
predesign research, they are biased by their own interests. An independent
predesign researcher will be the user/client advocate in the artifact
development process.
Regards,
Lubomir
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