MUO-C0005 - Design Theory and Methodology, 13.09.2019-25.10.2019

Materials

• Materials
  

  Materials

  
  

  Week 1 – Introduction

  Cross, N. (1993). A history of design methodology. In Design methodology and relationships with science (pp. 15-27). Springer Netherlands. (Optional)

  Course introduction
  

  
  

  Week 2 – Characterizing design

  Bonsiepe, G. (1999). Design: from material to digital and back Interface: An approach to design (pp. 26-36). Maastricht: Jan van Eyck Akademie.

  Buchanan, R. (2001). Design research and the new learning. Design issues, 17(4), 3-23.(Optional: Buchanan engages with the (historical) evolution of designer's work in analyzing the meaning of 'product' in design, p. 10-13)

  Characterizing design slide deck

  
  

  Week 3 – Design and problem-solving

  Dorst, K. (2011). The core of ‘design thinking’ and its application. Design Studies, 32(6), 521-532. 
  

  Dorst, K. (2006). Design problems and design paradoxes. Design issues, 22(3), 4-17. (Optional: Dorst elaborates on the peculiar nature of problem-solving in design and introduces the idea of paradoxes, p. 12-15.)

  Design & problem-solving slide deck

  
  

  Week 4 – Design, materials and tools
  

  A. Eckert, C., & Stacey, M. (2000). Sources of inspiration: a language of design. Design studies, 21(5), 523-538.
  

  B. Garner, S., & McDonagh‐Philp, D. (2001). Problem interpretation and resolution via visual stimuli: the use of ‘mood boards’ in design education. Journal of Art & Design Education, 20(1), 57-64.

  + Lucero, A. (2012). Framing, aligning, paradoxing, abstracting, and directing: how design mood boards work. In Proceedings of the designing interactive systems conference (pp. 438-447). ACM.
  

  C. Gaver, W., Dunne, T. & Pacenti, E. (1999). Cultural Probes. Interactions, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 21-29.

  + Mattelmäki, T. (2003). Probes: Studying experiences for design empathy. In Empathic design. User experience in product design. ITpress. Helsinki, Finland, 119-130.
  

  D. Pallasmaa, J. (2009). The Drawing Hand. In The Thinking Hand (pp. 89-105). John Wiley & Sons.
  

  E. Sennett, R. (2008). Arousing tools. In The Craftsman (pp. 194-213). London, United Kingdom: Yale University Press.

  
  

  Week 5 – The nature of design problems

  Lawson, B. (2005). A model of design problems How designers think (4th edition, pp. 83-111). Amsterdam: Architectural Press.
  

  Rittel, H. W., & Webber, M. M. (1973). Dilemmas in a general theory of planning. Policy sciences, 4(2), 155-169. (Optional) 

  Poster design
  

  Week 6 – Design and mastering a craft

  A. Atkinson, P. (2011). Orchestral manoeuvres in design. In B. v. Abel, L. Evers, R. Klaassen & P. Troxler (Eds.), Open Design Now (pp. 24-31). Netherlands: BIS Publishers.

  + Mul, J. D. (2011). Redesigning design. In B. v. Abel, L. Evers, r. Klaassen & P. Troxler (Eds.), Open Design Now (pp. 35-39). Netherlands: BIS Publishers.

  B. Dormer, P. (1994). Learning a craft. In The art of the maker (pp. 40-57). London, United Kingdom: Thames and Hudson Ltd.

  C. Cross, N. (2004). Expertise in design: an overview. Design studies, 25(5), 427-441.

  D. Kawamura, Y. (2005). Designers: The personification of fashion. In Fashion-ology: An introduction to Fashion Studies (pp. 57-72). Oxford, United Kingdom: Berg.

  E. Secomandi, F. & Snelders, D. (2012). Interface Design in Services: A postphenomenological approach. Design Issues, 29(1), 3-13.  

  
  

  Week 7 – Examination / Presentation