A new perspective on design thinking and design practice: beyond products and projects,
toward participatory design things. Design Things offers an innovative view of design …

Design thinking has become a central issue in contemporary design discourse and rhetoric,
and for good reason. With the design thinking practice of world leading design and …

This paper uses resources from anthropology and science and technology studies to
propose understanding design expertise and activity as constituted materially and …

The term design thinking has gained attention over the past decade in a wide range of
contexts beyond the traditional preoccupations of designers. The main idea is that the ways …

Design academics and practitioners are facing a multiplicity of challenges in a dynamic,
complex, world moving faster than the current design paradigm which is largely tied to the …

Abstract 'understanding the user'has become a mantra to corporate strategists—its late-
arriving ubiquity only rivaled by its surprising obviousness. To facilitate this approach there …

A book that lays out the fundamental concepts of design culture and outlines a design-driven
way to approach the world. Humans did not discover fire—they designed it. Design is not …

How are we to understand the changing role of design and designers in the new age of
consumer experience? Drawing on perspectives from cultural studies, design management …

User studies, whether conducted through qualitative ethnographic interviews or through
more clinical and behaviorist analyses of specific affordances and interfaces, have …

The editor has gathered together a body of writing in the emerging field of design studies.
The contributors argue in different ways for a rethinking of design in the light of its cultural …