Skrevet af BUURMAN
The design process is gaining in
importance within the context of rapidly complex technical and
economical developments such as online trade, social media, and new
production technologies. This is has inevitably been accompanied by
highly charged social issues such as socially just manufacturing
conditions, sustainable development, or the upholding of personality
rights, which designers are challenged with. While the social relevance
of design is indisputable, it has not been researched much.
The
research project Intrinsic Logic of Design looks at eight sample areas
to determine the specific rationalities of the applied design methods
and processes in each, based on the hypotheses that the different design
areas are each based on their own logic of design production. These
constitute an intrinsic logic that cannot be reduced to standardized
sets of methods within the discipline, nor to established processes
outside it. The decoding of the complexity of individual design
processes simultaneously contributes to the further development of the
formulation of design theories.
