Considering design practice

The underutilized opportunities in collaborative design research projects for learning by design professionals

Doctoral Thesis (2023)
Author(s)

M.R.P. Zielhuis (TU Delft - Codesigning Social Change)

Research Group
Codesigning Social Change
Copyright
© 2023 M.R.P. Zielhuis
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Publication Year
2023
Language
English
Copyright
© 2023 M.R.P. Zielhuis
Research Group
Codesigning Social Change
ISBN (print)
978-94-6483-403-1
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Abstract

Academic design research often fails to contribute to design practice. This dissertation explores how design research collaborations can provide knowledge that design professionals will use in practice. The research shows that design professionals are not addressed as an important audience between the many audiences of collaborative research projects. The research provides insight in the learning process by design professionals in design research collaborations and it identifies opportunities for even more learning. It shows that design professionals can learn about more than designing, but also about application domains or project organization.