Dear Luis,
That is a very important question you asked and something I am wondering
too. If some have stood the test of
digital civilization and times. I guess there is no one methodology fits
all, but I look forward to some answers too from
the experienced people.
warm regards.
On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 1:09 AM, luis vasconcelos <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> dear design community,
>
> after finishing my graduation in design with a work in which most of the
> classic design methodologies for the conception of products were
> investigated – names such as asimow, archer, jones, munari and bonsiepe –
> and a classification method was proposed to analyze the data collected, I'm
> investigating now for my master studies if there is any research, either
> recent or not, to validate design methods in a way that its efficiency
> could
> be scientifically proven.
>
> historical research evidences that the research on design methods began in
> the sixties as well as it came up with the first explicit models.
> descriptive or prescriptive models have been studied and applied on
> projects
> and industries over the years, but how to measure the gain with the use of
> a
> specific methodology for the conception of a product? or even how to
> confirm
> its efficiency?
>
> therefore, I would be very interested in any research in order to verify if
> methodologies in design presents advantage with its use and how to quantify
> this advantage, or even any research which investigates only a single step
> of the whole process, like the initial problem analysis or exploration.
>
> best regards,
> arthur.
>
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> Luis Arthur Leite de Vasconcelos
> MSc student at the Federal University of Pernambuco – UFPE – Brazil
> Researcher at the Virtual Reality and Multimedia Research Group / UFPE
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