EAN: 9783319659831

THE IN-DISCIPLINE OF DESIGN - ANNIE GENTES GEBU...

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. 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 while the second level starts a
theoretical discussion based on these analyses of use cases. The 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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