Hello Lenita,
Agreed with previous comments by Birger and others, about architecture and design culture and the issues you present.It most certainly is not useful for a client not to understand the design intent, nor to be able to communicate what they want and/or need.
In terms of interior and spatial design, recently there has been some work done on user-client experiences, and about how project contexts drive decision-making and communication as much as user and client experiences and designer intentions.
Here are a couple of examples of publications that can help your research.In the book, "Meanings of Designed Spaces", the perspectives of 44 authors explore this and other issues from diverse disciplinary perspectives. Communicating within the design process (and from whose perspective) is vital for the success of any project.
One way to reconcile these two seemingly distant approaches (client versus designer) is what I term "aesthetic meaning making" - communicating the design process with the client through collaborative and co-design processes (Poldma, 2010). This is a very different form of aesthetics from what Birger rightly suggests often happens. But in this case the "visual" is not fancy Autocad drawings, but rather designers and clients co-designing - and designers visually describing to the client what they express in words and then "translating" their ideas into viable design solutions for them. Design thinking in this context takes on a different meaning than purely "design principals".
If you would like to discuss this in more detail, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Regards
Tiiu PoldmaUniversity of MontrealMontreal, Canada
Poldma, T. (2010). Aesthetic meaning-making as design thinking: Communicating within the design process. IDEC International conference, Atlanta, GA, 10 p.Vaikla Poldma, T. (2013). Meanings of Designed Spaces. New York: Fairchild Books, A Bloomsbury Imprint, 477 p.
> Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 14:46:27 +0800
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> Subject: Research in Design Communication.
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> Dear List Members,
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> I am a current design student who has completed a Bachelor Degree in
> Interior and Spatial Design and currently undertaking an Honours degree,
> looking into design communication and how we (as designers) can step away
> from visually stunning aesthetics of design to articulate our concepts to
> clients who are 'non-designers'. Throughout my course of study it became
> known to me that we get tied up in speaking our design lingo to
> non-designers who potentially have no idea what were talking about. This
> became apparent in one of the units I completed. It sparked an interest
> when a head of department at my university told me that they had designers
> fly over to present to them a new design concept, which contained
> beautifully executed CAD drawings and a wonderfully crafted speech telling
> them what they needed, all the while this individual was clueless with all
> the details of what they were being offered.
>
> I have come to you intuitive designers abroad to seek any readings, advice
> or other means that can help present situations where we don't use design
> principals to present concepts and instead use other means that work just
> effectively but are not used often enough.
>
> Essentially I am aiming to find the following:
>
> What aids in the clients decision making process.
>
> What are other alternatives that designers can use to aid in the decision
> making process.
>
> How can we better the relationship between client and designer.
>
> What are the benefits - if any - for designers to step down to their
> clients level of understanding to ensure they understand what it is they
> are getting involved with.
>
> What methods of research can be used.
>
> And finally, can designers step away from using design principals to
> articulate concepts.
>
>
> I was also wanting to ask if any designers have worked in Perth Western
> Australia and have found any flaws when working here and if so are there
> any avenues you can suggest be implemented here, which you have used
> elsewhere and found effective?
>
>
> Many thanks in advanced!
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Lenita.
>
>
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