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Discussions and movements in design research : a systems approach to practice research in design

Sevaldson, Birger
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Sevaldson, Birger. (2010). Discussions and movements in design research : a systems approach to practice research in design. FORMakademisk, 3 (1): 8-35. (223.5Kb)
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2010
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FORMakademisk. 2010, vol. 3 nr. 1, s. 8-35  
Abstract
The main approach of this paper is to look at design research from a systems-oriented

perspective. This implies that design research is understood as a dynamic and emergent field

of interrelated or contradicting thoughts, concepts and ideas. The first three sections of this

paper draw cross-sections into the emerging richness in design research as it matures as a

genuine mode of knowledge production. They address some of the positions, concepts, and

discussions going on in the field, arguing that practice research in design is the most central.

The current state is discussed and the relation between design research and other modes of

knowledge production are looked at. A main tendency seems to be that design research is

moving towards greater complexity both in issues and approaches and that Research by

Design is becoming ever more central. Research by Design emphasizes insider perspectives, a

generative approach, operates in rich and multiple layers and relates to real life contexts. The

output is new communicable knowledge that is only found within design practice. The next

two sections of the paper discuss the various possible relations between design practice and

reflection. These span from distant perspectives where design practice is observed by outsider

researchers, looking at practice retrospectively or contemporarily as in case studies, to

participatory research and insider perspectives where the designer-researcher uses his or her

own practice as a means for investigation and a bases and subject for reflection and

knowledge production. The last section proposes the critical application of multiple

perspectives, methods and media in composite approaches to design research. This analysis

does not claim to provide a complete picture, but it suggests a method of looking at the field

of design research in both a more holistic and more specific way. This could be helpful to

position the individual design researchers approach in the complex landscape of design

research. Arguing that ‘traditional sciences’ are very complex and manifold, design research

is in itself a very complex, if not one of the most complex field of knowledge production. The

paper claims that such a complexity demands an equally rich repertoire of interrelated

methods and positions.
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