A short summary of key discussions around design research, design practice, design thinking and professional practice
Design research, design practice, design thinking and professional practice (with added graphic design)
Category: Design research
Stuff that fits into the wider discourse of design research, perhaps over and above (or in relation to) graphic and communication design
Graphic design and interactivity: still a paradigm shift for graphic designers?
Twenty years ago, just after the turn of the 21st century, graphic designers were still coming to terms with interactivity as a form of communication design. This article looks back and ponders what has changed and considers the future of graphic design research, practice and interactivity.
Co-design & building a discourse around the graphic design brief
"What's the brief?” is an everyday question within the graphic design process. Moreover, the concept and importance of a design brief is overtly understood well beyond design practice itself – especially among stakeholders who work with designers, as well as clients who commission their services.
Don’t call me a graphic designer!
What's in a name? This new research suggests that some graphic designers are questioning whether the term 'graphic design' is reducing their design capital within the creative process.
We need to talk about the design brief… again!
Research about the graphic design brief remains elusive within academia. Especially as when a brief is lacking, is incomplete or unclear, it can make an already ambiguous graphic design process and discipline even more fractured.
Communication & Graphic Design Research 
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