"Perhaps I am just niggling over terminology. I expect that something
called design thinking is about design and thinking and is applicable
to all types of design, which is perhaps not its intention."
The term "Design Thinking" does not describe what Design Thinking is about.
Our language is full of terms which do not convey meaning very well. It
would be difficult for example to understand what "Art Nouveau" is about
from the literal translation of the words or Modernism.
That is not to say that Design Thinking does not have value. It is
necessary to invest time to learn the meaning.
Rob Curedale
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On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 4:43 AM, stefanie di russo <
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> Hi Terry,
>
> Thank you for the references. But as i can see, none of the references you
> have cited pre-date the 1950s. The earliest citation is 1952. I also guess
> that literature exists in a range of design fields relating to discussions
> around design thinking during the 1950s, too. However this deviates away
> from the topic at hand that Toni posted, which was to define what exactly
> is design thinking.
>
> My suggestion (as stated earlier) is that design thinking is an
> amalgamation and representation of the history of design as a field, as a
> whole. This implies the combination of process, methods and cognition used
> in design practise. Not a direct outcome from any one particular
> sub-discipline. This is why i suggest that we could equally rid the term
> 'design thinking' and simply just call it *designing*, as in my opinion,
> both are one and the same.
>
> best,
>
> -stefanie
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 11:19 PM, Terence Love <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Hi Stephanie,
> > Thanks for your message. Apologies for the lack of instant references.
> I'm
> > on the road in India at present overnighting in Gurgaon, Delhi so don't
> > have access to my usual resources. Gordon Glegg's work from the 70s
> comes
> > to mind (the Design of Design series). Also Michael French's work
> > (Conceptual Design 1st Edition). I seem to remember the ASEE report on
> > engineering education (1952-55 ) referred to engineering design thinking
> > and the need for increased humanities contribution . Also Marples work on
> > decisions of engineering design (around 1960). Matousek (engineering
> > design
> > a systematic approach) referred to 'engineering design thinking' as if a
> > well established concept in the translation in 1963 of the original
> > publication (in German) in the 50s. My guess is there is also engineering
> > design thinking in the engineering design research literature in German
> > from that period from the WDK group (Pahl, Beitz, Eder etc).
> > Cheers,
> > Terry
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [log in to unmask]
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of stefanie di russo
> > Sent: Monday, 13 January 2014 5:24 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Cc: PhD-Design - This list is for discussion of PhD studies and related
> > research in Design
> > Subject: Re: Questions about design thinking
> >
> > Hi Terry,
> >
> > You wrote:
> >
> > "I don't think its possible to go as far as claiming design *is* (as in
> > has
> > a one-to-one correspondence with) design activity."
> > - this sounds like an interesting point, could you elaborate further?
> >
> > "As Klaus and others have pointed out, the activity of creating a design
> > involves more than thinking. On that basis, though, design thinking
> occurs
> > in all fields of design."
> > - This, it seems, we agree on
> >
> > However, in order for me to concur with your second point:
> >
> > "In contrast, where 'design thinking' is seen as a theoretical concept
> and
> > topic with its own literature, then the idea appears to have first
> emerged
> > in the engineering design disciplines. "
> >
> > I would appreciate it if you could provide references from engineering
> > literature that explicitly refer to design thinking. In order for me to
> > formulate a fair debate on your claim, i will need to read the literature
> > that you have referenced from memory.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > -Stefanie
> >
> >
> > --
> > *Stefanie Di Russo*
> >
> > PhD Student
> > Faculty of Design
> > Swinburne University
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