Embracing complexity in design: emerging perspectives and opportunities

Alexiou, Katerina; Johnson, Jeffrey and Zamenopoulos, Theodore (2010). Embracing complexity in design: emerging perspectives and opportunities. In: Inns, Tom ed. Designing for the 21st century: research methods & findings, Volume 2. United Kingdom: Gower Ashgate, pp. 87–100.

URL: http://www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9781409402404

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About the book: If we are to capitalise on the potential that a design approach might bring to innovation in business and society, we need to build a better understanding of the evolving skill-sets that designers will need and the contexts within which design might operate. This demands more discourse between those involved in cutting edge practice, the researchers who help to uncover principles, codify knowledge and create theories and the educators who are nurturing future design talent.

This book promotes such a discourse by reporting on the work of twenty research teams who explored different facets of future design activity as part of Phase 2 of the UK’s research council supported Designing for the 21st Century Research Initiative. Each of these contributions describes the origins of the project, the research team and their project aims, the research methods used and the new knowledge and understanding generated. Editor and Initiative Director, Professor Tom Inns, provides an introductory chapter that suggests ways the reader might navigate these viewpoints. This chapter concludes with an overview of the key lessons that might be learnt from this collection of design research activity.

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