In my opinion, every design, as a process or design situation, is a complex system. I say so not only because that there is no single correct/wrong answer, but also, again, function follows forms. Function is not the result, but the function!–What you could or might get from what you do during the design process…
Affinova.com is a company which has explicitly adopted an evolutionary approach to product design. Essentially, products are broken down into genetic components which are then evolved by a group of participants.
Paper Stuff Get as concrete as possible with a close reading and non-obvious insights. Do not worry about justifying structuralism, phenomenology, etc. Use the concepts of the class as tools for critical analysis of your very specific phenomenon. Design Questions Does this help expose something that is hidden? A design insight. Generation of design hypothesis.…
I just finished reading a paper assigned to us in Youn’s Usability and Evaluation Methods class: This is Not an Article: Just Some Thoughts on How to Write One by Carsten Sorensen, London School of Economics and Political Science I don’t know if any of you will find it useful, but it makes some interesting…
Interaction Culture 