Poggenpohl S., Sato K. (eds.) Design Integrations: Research and Collaboration

Intellect, 2009. — 304 p.Design Integrations calls for an innovative rethinking of design education, one that recognizes the changing modes of design and the shifting forms of user experience. The contributors urge new methods of approach that focus on interdisciplinary collaboration between the academic and business worlds. These essays, among the first to focus on the future of design, often in-depth explorations of inter-institutional projects, cross-cultural learning experiences, and a multinational healthcare project. Design Integrations will be of interest to design teachers and practitioners alike.Contents
Introduction
Time for Change: Building a Design Discipline
Design Research
Perspectives on Design Research
Design Theory and Methodology for Engineering Design Practices
Artifacts, Activities, and Design Knowledge
Mediating In-between: How Industrial Design Advances Business and User Innovation
The Synthesis of Design, Technology, and Business Goals
Design Collaboration
Practicing Collaborative Action in Design
Collaborative Infiltration in a Media Organization: WGBH
Light and Lively: Running a Virtual Design Studio
Looking Back at the National Graphic Design Archive Collaboration
Innovative Collaborative Design in International Interaction Design Summer Schools
A Complex Model for International and Intercultural Collaboration in Health Information SystemsDesign Intelligence
Index
Name Index
Author Notes