TY - JOUR
T1 - Elements of a shared theory of science for design
AU - Galle, Per
N1 - The article is an updated version of
Galle, P. (2010). Elementer af en fælles designfaglig videnskabsteori. FORMakademisk, 3(2), 51-76. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.7577/formakademisk.111,
translated by the author and published in Artifact: Journal of Design Practice (https://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=255/) with the kind permission of the Editor of FORMakademisk.
PY - 2018/6
Y1 - 2018/6
N2 - Higher education for the design professions – designers, architects and engineers – has been combining traditional disciplines of research and design in new ways, into what is now known as design research. As a discipline in its own right, design research is still quite young, and the design professions need a theory of science that takes their specific character into account, thus contributing to their self-image, and locating them in the greater landscape of research. Using philosophically oriented conceptual analysis I develop a system of basic concepts as elements of such a theory of science for the design professions. The concepts of design, research, and design research are analysed, clarified and coordinated, in relation to concepts such as knowledge, theory and practice. At the same time I propose a precise, yet intuitive, terminology that may be shared and foster cross-disciplinary understanding and communication among the design professions, and which each of them can expand for purposes of its own.
AB - Higher education for the design professions – designers, architects and engineers – has been combining traditional disciplines of research and design in new ways, into what is now known as design research. As a discipline in its own right, design research is still quite young, and the design professions need a theory of science that takes their specific character into account, thus contributing to their self-image, and locating them in the greater landscape of research. Using philosophically oriented conceptual analysis I develop a system of basic concepts as elements of such a theory of science for the design professions. The concepts of design, research, and design research are analysed, clarified and coordinated, in relation to concepts such as knowledge, theory and practice. At the same time I propose a precise, yet intuitive, terminology that may be shared and foster cross-disciplinary understanding and communication among the design professions, and which each of them can expand for purposes of its own.
KW - design
KW - research
KW - design research
KW - theory of science
KW - philosophy of design
U2 - 10.1386/art.5.1.1.1_1
DO - 10.1386/art.5.1.1.1_1
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1749-3463
VL - 5
SP - 1.1-1.32
JO - Artifact: Journal of Design Practice
JF - Artifact: Journal of Design Practice
IS - 1
M1 - 1
ER -