From design practice to design science: the evolution of a career in design methodology research
Autor: | Herbert Birkhofer |
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Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Zdroj: | Journal of Engineering Design. 22:333-359 |
ISSN: | 1466-1837 0954-4828 |
DOI: | 10.1080/09544828.2011.555392 |
Popis: | This article outlines the author's career in design practice and design research over a period of about 40 years. Throughout this period, research was motivated by the needs of design practice and the intention to create substantial support for it. A development from design practice to design science can be discerned. The 1970s and 1980s were spent as an engineering designer and consultant. An academic career as a university professor starting in 1990 was motivated by the desire to support the design of ‘good’ products in companies with specific methodologies and tools to improve efficiency and effectiveness of design work. Supporting many companies across a broad range of areas, from small-to-medium-sized companies to global players, similarities of methodical support increasingly became obvious and questions concerning the common ground of such company-oriented work arose. At the end of the 1990s, the focus on research work changed more and more towards efforts to find models, methods and knowledge base... |
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