Research For Designers: A Guide To Methods And Practice

Instructors - Electronic inspection copies are available or contact your local sales representative for an inspection copy of the print version &Today designers design services processes and organizations; craft skills no longer suffice We need to discover define and solve problems based upon evidenceWe need to demonstrate the validity of our claims We need a guide to design research that can educate students and be a reference for professionals And here it is a masterful book for 21st century designers&- Don Norman Professor and Director of Design Lab University of California San Diego and former Vice President Advanced Technologies Apple&Muratovski provides a structured approach to introducing students and researchers to design research and takes the reader through the research process
from defining the research problem to the literature review on to data collection and analysisWith such practical and useful chapters this book should prove to be essential reading in design schools across the world&- Tracy Bhamra Professor of Sustainable Design and Pro Vice-Chancellor of Enterprise Loughborough UniversityDesign is everywhere it influences how we live what we wear how we communicate what we buy and how we behave In order for designers to design for the real world defining strategies rather than just implementing them they need to learn how to understand and solve complex intricate and often unexpected problems This book is a guide to this new creative processWith this book in hand students of design willunderstand and apply the vocabulary and strategies of research methods
learn how to adapt themselves to unfamiliar situations develop techniques for collaborating with non-designers find and use facts from diverse sources in order to prove or disprove their ideas make informed decisions in a systematic and insightful way use research tools to find new and unexpected design solutions Research for Designers is an essential toolkit for a design education and a must-have for every design student who is getting ready to tackle their own research