Dear Don,
Perhaps it is possible to watch this, for free... just in case.
Jacob Buur on participatory innovation and designing with video in:
http://vimeo.com/6418251 <http://vimeo.com/6418251>
It goes in the same line of the book....
Designing with video: focusing the user-centred design process (Salu
Ylirisku, Jacob
Buur)<http://books.google.com.co/books?id=yDeLg4qRGFIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Designing+with+video:+focusing+the&hl=es&ei=fPY3TpLJEo6FtgfFhKXlAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false>
Maybe it won't explain Frederick's interpretation of research (indeed indeed
just Frederick can do it) but can help
Alfredo
On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 7:45 AM, Don Norman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Frederick
>
> The words "design," "research," and "innovation" are all treacherous, for
> there are many distinct forms and purposes of each of these, and when we
> use
> any of those terms, others are apt to have a different interpretation than
> is intended.
>
> I have read your email several times and cannot quite understand
> which interpretation of "research" you have in mind, but it is clear to me
> that your meaning is somewhat different than the particular one i had in
> mind.
>
> I am talking about the research that makes the designer a subject matter
> exert in the domain of the design as well as the research that tries to
> determine the fundamental needs of the people who will use the design.
>
> I think you are referring to the kind of research that determines whether
> or not a particular implementation is effective (understandable,
> communicates the appropriate messages, and allows the intended users to
> accomplish the desired activities). Your kind of research is important,
> and
> it is where co-design can be effective, but it is not the same as the
> research i was referring to.
>
> As for the paper you referred me to. The abstract is not very convincing.
> It
> sounds like a typical academic paper in the genre of co-development,
> participatory design, etc. The test would be in the details of the case
> study, but i didn't feel like spending $30 to find out.
>
> Thanks for the note.
>
> Don
>
> .
> Don Norman
> *Nielsen Norman Group
> *Latest book: "Living with Complexity <http://www.jnd.org/books.html#608>"
> KAIST (Daejeon, S. Korea). IDEO Fellow.
>
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