Donald Schön writes on the notion of problems as a driver for design and
development. Argues that problem solving in many cases is a too narrow
notion of design
Nelson and Stolterman present an excellent reasoning on how problems and
potential ideas or "solutions" both are part of the design process, not
necessarily in any particular order.
I have gone through a bit of literature as part of my dissertation and find
that different writers have very different ideas about what a "problem" is.
For some a "problem" is by definition the starting point of design, for
instance a brief. Others use problem-solution to indicate an engineering
type of process, which often is regarded to be "un-creative" or too
limiting.
Harfield is on to this and argues that the designer also re-define the
problem as part of the process.
I think there is room for more work on this!!
/Lars
Schön, D. A. (1983). The reflective practitioner: How professionals think in
action. New York: Basic Books.
Nelson, H. G., & Stolterman, E. (2003). The design way: Intentional change
in an unpredictable world: Foundations and fundamentals of design
competence. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Educational Technology Publications.
Harfield, S. (2007). On design `problematization': Theorising differences in
designed outcomes. Design Studies, 28(2), 159.
**************************************
Lars Albinsson
[log in to unmask]
+ 46 (0) 70 592 70 45
Affiliations:
Maestro Management AB www.maestro.se
Calistoga Springs Research Institute www.calistoga.se
School of Business and Informatics
University College of Borås www.hb.se
**************************************
-----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
Från: PhD-Design - This list is for discussion of PhD studies and related
research in Design [mailto:[log in to unmask]] För Filippo A Salustri
Skickat: den 30 juni 2007 19:23
Till: [log in to unmask]
Ämne: looking for references on "problem solving" as a perspective on design
Hi everyone,
I'm thinking about the notion of "problem solving" as it relates to
designing. I know some people believe strongly in the notion of
problems and solutions; I also know others would disagree.
I have access to literature within engineering on this sort of thing.
What I would be interested in is a few references to documents from
outside engineering, but as close as possible to design generally.
What are the viewpoints on defining things as 'problems' and 'solutions'?
Again, I'm not looking for huge bibliographies. Just a few key (in your
own minds) references to get me started.
Cheers.
Fil
--
Filippo A. Salustri, PhD, PEng
on sabbatical until 17 August 2007 at:
Engineering Design Centre, University of Cambridge, UK
Email: [log in to unmask]
|