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Defamiliarisation and design as research methods

Defamiliarization and design as academic research methods (and methodologies)

CommDesignAcademic Communication & graphic design, Design methods & methodology, Design research, Interdisciplinary design 19 Oct 202024 Dec 2020

Practical design thinking

I always liked the story about Philippe Starck and his famous lemon juicer (squeezer?) design. Lloyd and Snelders (2003) discuss it in an issue of Design Studies.  They talk about how Starck used his design thinking skills to move from physically drawing a squid on a napkin, as a kind of metaphor, all the way … Continue reading Practical design thinking →

CommDesignAcademic Communication & graphic design, Design research 18 Oct 202013 Dec 2020

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