Dear Jose (and All),
The questions you have been asking entail a deeper set of problems and
challenges. In 2000, the IDATER conference invited me to address some of
these issues in a keynote at Loughborough University titled :
Friedman, Ken. 2001. “Creating Design Knowledge: From Research into
Practice.” In Design and Technology Educational Research and
Development: The Emerging International Research Agenda. E. W. L. Norman
and P. H. Roberts, eds. Loughborough, UK: Department of Design and
Technology, Loughborough University, 31-69.
The paper contains two models or conceptualizations of the design
field. One demonstrates my view of the nature and relation between the
large fields or practice and research in design. The other was a
provisional taxonomy of domains and disciplines in design.
The full paper is available online at the Loughborough University
resesarch repository at this URL:
https://magpie.lut.ac.uk/dspace-jspui/handle/2134/1360
This paper considers how we create design knowledge. It examines the
ways that research contributes to design knowledge in theory and in
practice, asking seven important questions:
What is the nature of design?
How does the nature of design involve knowledge of certain kinds?
What are the sources of knowledge?
How does research function as a source of knowledge?
How does research relate to other sources of knowledge?
How do we create design knowledge through research?
How does new knowledge move from research into practice?
The paper outlines answers to these questions as well as providing
information and resources for those who want to explore further.
Best regards,
Ken
Ken Friedman, PhD, DSc (hc), FDRS
Professor
Dean
Swinburne Design
Swinburne University of Technology
Melbourne, Australia
Phone Dean's Office +61 3 9214 6078
Phone Faculty Switchboard +61 3 9214 6755
URL: www.swinburne.edu.au/design
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