Dear Bernhard,
A clarification, please. I will be back later to
comment on the thread, but I want to call for a
modest correction.
You attribute to me a statement I did not make.
Bernhard Bürdek wrote:
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"Ken's statement, that design research means,
"studying the design process" was the topic of
the design methodology movement in the 1960s and
1970s (the Herman A. Simon syndrome)."
--snip--
I did NOT state that design research means studying the design process.
I responded to Victor's note by stating that one
reason for the failure to examine the
consequences of design is the tradition that sees
the primary goal of design research as supporting
design by studying the design process.
If we are to be blamed for holding every position
we describe in the course of a conversation, we
will each have to take on lots more baggage than
we plan to carry. On different occasions, I have
described fundamentalist theology, the economic
consequences of the George Bush regime, and
cannibalism - I hope this does not mean that I am
a Bible-thumping, George Bush cannibal.
Studying design process is one legitimate
research issue, one among many. You can get an
idea of MY views on the broad range of design
research fields and sub-fields by reading the
article I referred to (Friedman 2000). When
Terry, Ranjan, Fil, and I finally publish our
inventory and taxonomy, you will see a long list,
with over 750 entries. I take a pluralistic
position on design research.
Please distinguish between my position and my
attempt to describe another position in
attempting to answer Victor's question. Victor
asked, "Why is so much research attention given
to the process of design and so little to its
results - the products that are the outcomes of
designing, their value and social consequences?"
Answering it required considering the attention
that others give to the process of design.
Yours,
Ken
Reference
Friedman, Ken. 2000. "Creating Design Knowledge:
From Research into Practice." In IDATER 2000:
International Conference on Design and Technology
Educational Research and Development. P. H.
Roberts and E. W. L. Norman, eds. Loughborough,
UK: Department of Design and Technology,
Loughborough University, 5-32. Available from:
https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/dspace/handle/2134/1360
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Prof. Ken Friedman
Institute for Communication, Culture, and Language
Norwegian School of Management
Oslo
Center for Design Research
Denmark's Design School
Copenhagen
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