Grappling with Diversity in Research Through Design

Grappling with Diversity in Research Through Design

Boon, Boudewijn (TU Delft Design Aesthetics)
Baha, S.E. (TU Delft Methodology and Organisation of Design)
Singh, A. (TU Delft QRD/Kouwenhoven Lab)
Wegener, F.E. (TU Delft Marketing and Consumer Research)
Rozendaal, M.C. (TU Delft Human Information Communication Design)
Stappers, P.J. (TU Delft Design Conceptualization and Communication)

Boess, S. (editor)
Cheung, M. (editor)
Cain, R. (editor)

2020

Since its introduction, Research through Design (RtD) has taken on a wide variety of forms. Currently, there is a lack of clarity about what connects and separates different RtD approaches. Several attempts have been made to clarify these matters, often in the form of a top-down categorization. Here we start on a different path, one that is open for different points of view and grounded in the ongoing concerns and needs of RtD practitioners. Over a two-month period, we engaged a local research community in weekly discussions about RtD in their work. Thoughts and questions were posted on a dedicated wall-space, maintained, and clustered over the weeks. As a result, we identified 11 themes that indicate concerns among participants about RtD. We suggest the themes can help in articulating different RtD ‘styles’ and ‘genres’, and believe this should be a collaborative and bottom-up effort that crosses disciplinary and institutional boundaries.

Research through Design
Practice-Based Research
Constructive Design Research
Design-Led Research

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:08da8c34-9227-4482-914a-cd9f0b647d1d

https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2020.362

Design Research Society

Synergy - DRS International Conference 2020: DRS2020 Research Papers

DRS 2020 International Conference, Held online, 2020-08-11 → 2020-08-14, Online, Brisbane, Australia

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conference paper

© 2020 Boudewijn Boon, S.E. Baha, A. Singh, F.E. Wegener, M.C. Rozendaal, P.J. Stappers