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Research in Engineering Design
Published in: Research in Engineering Design 3/2013

01-07-2013 | Editorial

Designing science

Author: Yoram Reich

Published in: Research in Engineering Design | Issue 3/2013

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The title of the editorial has two meanings, the first of which is a ‘science of designing’—the verb; to be sure I focus on the process of designing and not anything else. Now I can ask:
Is designing a science? Is designing a scientific activity? Is there a science of designing? Would it be one science or many?
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Footnotes
1
In contrast, the two terms are clearly equated in an introduction to Simon’s paper by Diani (1988): “Many attempts have been aimed at creating a scientific environment for design or, to put it bluntly, to create a science of design, a design science.”
 
2
The choice of title for Hawkins’ book—the grand design—is very revealing.
 
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Metadata
Title
Designing science
Author
Yoram Reich
Publication date
01-07-2013
Publisher
Springer London
Published in
Research in Engineering Design / Issue 3/2013
Print ISSN: 0934-9839
Electronic ISSN: 1435-6066
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00163-013-0157-1

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