Format:
1 online resource (346 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781118103784
Note:
The Designer's Guide to Doing Research -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Research versus Insight -- The Research/Design Relationship -- Why This Book? -- Why Research? -- Design as Research -- Knowing -- Thinking and Knowing -- A Scientific Method -- Asking the Right Questions -- Chapter 1: Design Research and Its Influence on the Practice of Design -- Generalizing Design Thinking -- Design Research as a Means for Attraction and Retention -- Design Research as a Means for Social Reform -- Design Research as a Response to the Need for Design Speed -- Design Research to Build a Sustainable Knowledge Base -- Design Research to Gain Understanding of Cultural Distinctions -- Design Research as a Source of Value -- Core Concepts -- A Story of Practice: Making the Implicit Explicit -- Chapter 2: Researching: Context, Process, General Concepts -- Economic Context of Design and Research -- Design Process -- Research Process -- "Good" Research -- Owning the Information -- Planning and Organizing a Project-Specific Comprehensive Research Plan -- Overview of Types of Research -- Differences in Types of Research: Applied or Theoretical -- Comparing Research Tools -- Merits of Using Several Different Research Tools to Answer Any Research Question -- Core Concepts -- Chapter 3: What to Learn -- Informing Design-Related Change -- Design-Project-Based Information Gathering -- Social-Science-Based Information Needs -- Core Concepts -- Chapter 4: The Goals of Project Initiation -- Research for Competitive Advantage -- Secondary Information -- Peer-Reviewed Studies -- Literature Reviews -- Within-Firm Archival Research -- Experience Sampling Method -- Design Charettes -- A Story of Practice: A Research-Based Marketing Strategy -- Chapter 5: The Goals of Investigation -- Research as a Process of Discovering a Client's Needs -- Interviews
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Cognitive Mapping -- Repertory Grid -- Annotated Plans -- Content Analysis-Verbal Material -- Content Analysis-Visual -- Surveys -- Public Parks Survey -- A Story of Practice: It Starts with Programming -- Chapter 6: The Goals of Integration in Schematic Design -- How Research Informs the Schematic Design Process -- Research Shapes Refining the Design Strategy -- Geographic Information Systems (GIS) -- Behavior Mapping -- Observation -- Space Syntax -- Social Network Analysis -- Discussion Groups -- Space Simulation -- Experiments -- A Story of Practice: Schematic Design -- A Story of Practice: Design Development -- Chapter 7: The Goals of Implementation -- How Research Informs the Post-Occupancy Evaluation (POE) -- Post-Occupancy Evaluations -- Case Studies -- A Story of Practice: Post-Occupancy Evaluation -- Chapter 8: How to Maintain and Access Research Findings -- Raw Resources -- Organizational System -- Additional Considerations -- Core Concepts -- Conclusion -- Additional Sources of Information for Design Researchers -- Index -- Color Insert
Additional Edition:
Print version Augustin, Sally The Designer's Guide to Doing Research Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,c2012 ISBN 9780470601730
Language:
English
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