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Design Research – Its 50-Year Transformation

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Title
Design Research – Its 50-Year Transformation
Abstract/Description
Over the past half century, how we conceive of design research has changed significantly, as indeed have the boundaries of influence of the design profession. This paper takes an entirely personal perspective of the author and will discuss the change in the nature of design research through the lens of a career in design education and, especially, in the author's endeavours to develop design research as a respected discipline working with and alongside, science, social sciences and the arts and humanities. It will look at the social, economic and political drivers that have influenced design research in the UK but also globally, and at where this has taken design, in terms of research both within and beyond the design profession.
Author/creator
Cooper, Rachel
Date
2019
In publication
Design Studies
Volume
65
Pages
1-17
Resource type
en Research/Scholarly Media
Resource status/form
en Published Text
Scholarship genre
en Reflection/Retrospective
Keywords
design research
design futures
Language
en
Open access/full-text available
en No
Peer reviewed
en Yes
ISSN
0142-694X
DOI
10.1016/j.destud.2019.10.002
URL
Official Publisher's Webpage (ScienceDirect)
Citation
Cooper, R. (2019). Design Research – Its 50-Year Transformation. Design Studies, 65, 6–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.destud.2019.10.002
Cited in
Design Thinking and the Learning Sciences: Theoretical, Practical, and Empirical Perspectives
Abbreviation
Design Studies
Item sets
OB Citations - Design Thinking and the Learning Sciences

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