Developing design as a discipline. (2nd December 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Cross, Nigel
• Is Part Of: Journal of engineering design. Volume 29:Number 12(2018)
• Page Start: 691
• Page End: 708
• Publication Date: 2018-12-02
• Subjects: Design cognition -- design computing -- design epistemology -- design methodology -- design research; Engineering design -- Periodicals; Design, Industrial -- Periodicals; Industrial engineering -- Periodicals; 620.0042
• DOI: 10.1080/09544828.2018.1537481
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0954-4828

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This is an invited paper reviewing my personal design research history, covering 50 years of involvement since the mid-1960s. The focus of my research has shifted over time, from computer-aided design and design methodology to design epistemology and design cognition. In CAD I assessed its effectiveness and implications for design professions, and how AI research in design might inform understanding of design cognition. In design methodology, I developed a model that integrates procedural aspects of design process with structural aspects of design problems. In design epistemology, I developed concepts of designerly ways of knowing and design as a discipline. In design cognition, I conducted protocol studies of design activity and studied design expertise, and developed the concept of the co-evolution of problem and solution. A general progression in the work has been from aiding and supporting design practice towards more fundamental understanding of design as a discipline.