Abstract
This paper deals with the complexity of doing research in design practice. More and more projects and papers appear dealing with this topic and the time has come to draw up the balance sheet. This paper starts with explaining the status of design research until now, in which we indicate the challenges to overcome to become a mature research field. We discuss nine issues which are - according to our experience - important to overcome. Within each issue we indicate the problem that we encounter (or have seen being encountered) while executing design research in practice. For each problem we propose a solution that fit both to the quality standards and methodology of scientific research and to the quality standards required in daily design practice.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of ICED 09, the 17th International Conference on Engineering Design, Vol. 2, Design Theory and Research Methodology |
| Editors | M. Norell Bergendahl, M. Grimheden, S. Leifer |
| Publisher | Design Society |
| Pages | 135-144 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-904670-06-3 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2009 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 17th International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED 09 - Palo Alto, CA, United States Duration: 24 Aug 2009 → 27 Aug 2009 |
Conference
| Conference | 17th International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED 09 |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Palo Alto, CA |
| Period | 24/08/09 → 27/08/09 |
Keywords
- Design practice
- Design research
- Research methodology