ACADEMIC DESIGN
Year: 2015
Editor: Christian Weber, Stephan Husung, Gaetano Cascini, Marco Cantamessa, Dorian Marjanovic, Monica Bordegoni
Author: Koskinen, Ilpo K; Dorst, Kees
Series: ICED
Institution: 1: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong S.A.R. (China); 2: University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Section: Human Behaviour in Design, Design Education
Page(s): 227-234
ISBN: 978-1-904670-74-2
ISSN: 2220-4334
Abstract
This paper proposes to reshape the discussion design schools about the relationship of design practice to research. Many universities now have very successful design departments that educate high-level design practitioners. But the rapid growth of these departments, popular as they are with students, has meant that there has been very little time to step back and reflect on the nature and development of academic design in its new environment. Consequently, the formation of an academic design practice that can take its rightful place among other academic fields has been slow. In this paper we will propose a model of academic design and critically assess its qualities, as well as the challenges that lie ahead for this new species of academic design practitioner. The model builds on recent work dealing with forms of abduction in design, and on a few papers that describe the development of research programs at Aalto University.
Keywords: Abduction, Design Theory, Industrial Design, Design Practice