DESIGNER'S IDENTITY: PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES AND DESIGN SKILLS

DS 84: Proceedings of the DESIGN 2016 14th International Design Conference

Year: 2016
Editor: Marjanovic Dorian, Storga Mario, Pavkovic Neven, Bojcetic Nenad, Skec Stanko
Author: Kunrath, K.; Cash, P.; Li-Ying, J.
Series: DESIGN
Section: HUMAN BEHAVIOUR AND DESIGN
Page(s): 1729-1740

Abstract

A designer’s professional identity (DPI) develops through both education and professional experience, building on core personality traits and innate skills. In this paper a systematic literature review and a secondary narrative review were developed in order to map personal attributes and design skills that comprise the DPI. Just a few works in literature dealt with these two elements holistically. Thus, in order to address this gap a holistic understanding of these elements, in context, is proposed as a cohesive framework where a DPI can be described as it evolves over time.

Keywords: designer, identity, personality, skills, competencies

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