Design Research is an area that is both current and growing, but texts on the subjects are in short supply. This book is a response to the vitality of discussion within journals and at conferences, and it intends to place Design Research in its rightful place at the heart of studio-based education and practice.
Offering a valuable context within which to understand the educational needs and aspirations of the designer, Becoming Designers is also a vital resource for students in this field, whose access to books on the subject is currently very limited.
Table of Contents
preface
ud2k – designing the design student
Stuart Mealing
design for life: the lasting contribution of William Morris
John Astley
design praxis: towards a design context rooted in design practice
Kevin McCullagh
intelligent shape sorting
Esther Dudley
educating the multimedia designer
Stephen Boyd Davis
designing women: gender issues in graphic design education
Erica Matlow
what tangled webs we weave
Mike Hope
designers’ perception of development – development’s perception of design
Mirjam Southwall
globalisation
Stuart Durant
interview with a designer on becoming a designer
Richard Hill
‘ethical design’: the end of graphic design?
Alex Cameron
toward more ambitious agendas
Gerard Mermoz