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Dear Viveka
I graduated in Industrial Design and in Sociology (2 Master's). And
I found the nexus arising from users (not only end-users),
interacting with artifacts, in any given context, as probably the
most suitable research field for those designers who are not
draughtspersons.
Regards
François
Montreal
Ph.&Fax: 514 737 8300
On Fri 21/08/09 1:54 AM , Viveka Turnbull Hocking [log in to unmask]
sent:
Hi Gunner and all
I was interested in your: "From my perspective, the social
science/design
border is where it's easy to make a case for "design research"
belonging
with applied/professional design."
Would you (or others) like to comment further on the social science
- design
intersection, or where design research could be located in relation
to the
wider social research area/agenda?
I'm interested in considering what design research could be like if
we moved
past the artifact, i.e. if our focus was not on generating artifacts
from
the research, in terms of more traditional notions of designed
objects...
but instead develop 'design proposals' (as Cross calls design
outcomes) for
social research.
As Jacques Giard suggests please forgive any curly words I may have
unintentionally included
Best Wishes from the Snowies
v.
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Viveka Turnbull Hocking
Tel...........02 6456 7439
Mobile.....0431 945 252
Mail.........PO Box 1066,
Jindabyne NSW 2627
