Hi Doris,
A Few years ago I wrote that the word that better defines what designers do
with methods is a "methodoxy" or "methodoxies" from the Greek doxos
"opinion".
To every "School" of Design correspond a methodoxy; a set of opinions about
methods, that, some times in colder climates, becomes an orthomethodoxy J.
Strictly I would say that Design, if institutionalised, (Design Schools,
socially organised profession of Designer, State accepted profession of
Designer) relies in methodoxies rather than in methodologies.
Cheers,
And…
abraço, transatlântico,
Eduardo Côrte-Real
I'll send you of my two papers about it in pdf in portuguese tomorow.
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From: "Doris Kosminsky" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 10:42 AM
Subject: intuition and methodology
> Dear all,
>
> I'm an information/graphic designer and have been working for broadcast
> news for the last twenty years. Besides this, I also teach, having
> finished my PhD in design and society last year in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
> I'm particularly interested in the construction of ways of looking in
> design, how forms and images are perceived, the social influences and how
> this can favor the student development.
>
> I've been lurking this list for a long time, but the issue about intuition
> in design (and the recent observation by Donald Norman about science and
> design) suggested me some questions that I'd like to share with you. First
> of all, I asked myself if intuition (that is intrinsic to the design
> practice) is not opposed to methodology. Let me try to explain it better.
> For years, we established methodology as a crucial step to the project
> that could provide the difference between a "design designed by a design"
> (to quote Heskett) and a design that's not. The world has been changed and
> also our thoughts and topics. Some colleagues and students have frequently
> pointed out that they feel methodology more a "personal way to do things"
> than a scientific method. This could mean that methodology is losing its
> power, in the sense I stressed above, or it belongs to a functionalist
> epoch? Does the traditional design methodology need some change? What kind
> of change? Or, maybe, methodology ca
> n really be considered just a theoretical subject apart from experience
> and new approaches in design? Does anybody know any bibliography about
> these matters?
>
> Sorry for the poor English and thank you for your attention,
>
> Doris Kosminsky
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