Hi, James --
You might be interested in my dissertation, an ethnography of
interaction design practice at three San Francisco design consultancies.
It's specifically concerned with decision-making, both within teams and
with clients.
http://www.confectious.net/delivering-design-performance-and-materiality-in-professional-interaction-design/
Cheers,
Liz
On 5/16/15 6:44 AM, James Self wrote:
> Thanks Francois,
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> Your approach to deploying empirical data from product use to drive ideation sounds interesting. I'll be sure to share what I dig up with the list.
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> Best,
> James.
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> Dr James A. Self | Assistant Professor | School of Design & Human Engineering (DHE)
> Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology (UNIST) email: [log in to unmask] | Tel: +82(0)52 217 2722 | http://designpracticeresearch.com/
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>> Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 16:50:17 -0400
>> From: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Industrial/product design case-studies; focus upon decision making during conceptual design
>> To: [log in to unmask]
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>> Dear James
>>
>> Perhaps this somehow is of interest to you:
>>
>> *The SIP System: A Design Research Concept at the Paris Centre Beaubourg,
>> 1973-1992.* *Design Issues*: Volume 26, Number 4 Autumn 2010, pp. 57-70.
>>
>> This is an account on how, instead of starting ideation out of the blue, we
>> rather were extracting data from products in real use with the aim to
>> designing new and better products, i.e. product development decision
>> making, based on those factual data.
>>
>> My mentors and friends went on all along the 90s, consulting for industry.
>> If you find this of interest to you,I'll pass on their respective contact.
>>
>> Best wishes, and please share what else you eventually get from other
>> people on and out of this list.
>>
>> Francois
>> Kigali
>>
>> On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 2:50 AM, James Self <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>> I'm on the lookout for formative 'real world' case-studies of new product
>>> development with a focus upon decision making during concept ideation.
>>> Something more than the skimming of the surface often found in 'popular'
>>> literature on design and designing is required. At the same time, I'm most
>>> interested in cases from live industry projects - rather than controlled
>>> studies or experiments.
>>>
>>> Many thanks to you all for any help in advance.
>>>
>>> James.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dr James A. Self | Assistant Professor | School of Design & Human
>>> Engineering (DHE)
>>> Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology (UNIST)
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