Overview
- New approach to design through humanities
- Presents methods of invention for information and communication technologies
- Pluridisciplinarity in engineering research and design
Part of the book series: Design Research Foundations (DERF)
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Design is a conceptive activity which is usually presented as a sensible, sequential process and action. This book claims that design cannot be reduced to the rational, effective planning and organization that most models (such as design thinking) present. The author suggests another type of rationality which is based on what the humanities call aesthetics, writing, composition, and style: a rationality based in imaginary elaboration and coherence. The chapters, therefore, demonstrate that design practice is about creating not only functional tools, but planes of reflections that challenge norms.Â
To support this claim, this book analyzes research programs, art works, and design projects that produced new information and communication technologies (ICT). This is detailed using examples in each chapter. From these examples, two types of conclusions are derived: a first level considers the lessons that we can draw from these examples in terms of design practice whilethe second level starts a theoretical discussion based on these analyses of use cases.ÂThe goal is to develop an understanding of conception in its different forms. This book brings the use of these neglected methods to the foreground as a way to explicate the design process. Taking into consideration the humanities within design contributes to the discussion on pluridisciplinarity. The book posits that design as a historical and situated activity is a truly multidisciplinary endeavor that bridges the gap between engineering sciences and the humanities.
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Book Title: The In-Discipline of Design
Book Subtitle: Bridging the Gap Between Humanities and Engineering
Authors: Annie Gentes
Series Title: Design Research Foundations
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65984-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-65983-1Published: 13 December 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88143-0Published: 05 September 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-65984-8Published: 01 December 2017
Series ISSN: 2366-4622
Series E-ISSN: 2366-4630
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 247
Number of Illustrations: 24 b/w illustrations, 35 illustrations in colour
Topics: Philosophy of Technology, Computer Appl. in Arts and Humanities, Engineering Design