TY - JOUR
T1 - Experiments all the way in programmatic design research, republish
AU - Bang, Anne Louise
AU - Eriksen, Mette Agger
N1 - Publikationen er en opdateret re-publicering af artikel med samme titel i Artifact fra 2014, hvor artiklen blev peer-reviewet.
The publication is an updated republication of an article with the same title in Artifact from 2014, where this article was peer-reviewed.
PY - 2019/12
Y1 - 2019/12
N2 - Experiments take various forms, have various purposes, and generate various knowledge; depending on how, when and why they are integrated in a design research study with a programmatic approach. This is what we will argue for throughout this article using examples and experiences from our now finalized Ph.D. studies. Reviewing the prevailing literature on research through design the overall argument is that design experiments play a core role both in conducting the research, in theory construction and in knowledge generation across the different design domains and methodological directions. However, we did not identify sources that explicitly discuss and operationalize roles and characteristics of design experiments in different stages of programmatic design research. The aim of this article is therefore to outline a (tentative) systematic account of roles and characteristics of design experiments. Building upon Schön’s definition of experiments in practice we propose adding to the prevailing understanding of experiments in research through design understanding and operationalizing design experiments (1) as initiators or drivers framing a research programme, (2) as ways to reflect on and mature the research programme serving as vehicles for theory construction and knowledge generation and finally (3) as a ‘designerly’ approach to the written knowledge dissemination and clarification of research contributions.
AB - Experiments take various forms, have various purposes, and generate various knowledge; depending on how, when and why they are integrated in a design research study with a programmatic approach. This is what we will argue for throughout this article using examples and experiences from our now finalized Ph.D. studies. Reviewing the prevailing literature on research through design the overall argument is that design experiments play a core role both in conducting the research, in theory construction and in knowledge generation across the different design domains and methodological directions. However, we did not identify sources that explicitly discuss and operationalize roles and characteristics of design experiments in different stages of programmatic design research. The aim of this article is therefore to outline a (tentative) systematic account of roles and characteristics of design experiments. Building upon Schön’s definition of experiments in practice we propose adding to the prevailing understanding of experiments in research through design understanding and operationalizing design experiments (1) as initiators or drivers framing a research programme, (2) as ways to reflect on and mature the research programme serving as vehicles for theory construction and knowledge generation and finally (3) as a ‘designerly’ approach to the written knowledge dissemination and clarification of research contributions.
KW - Ph.D. co-design examples
KW - design experiments
KW - experimental design research
KW - making design theory
KW - practice-based research
KW - programmatic design research
KW - research-through-design
UR - https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/intellect/ajdp/2019/00000006/f0020001/art00005
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1386/art_00008_1
DO - https://doi.org/10.1386/art_00008_1
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1749-3463
VL - 6
SP - 8.1-8.20
JO - Artifact: Journal of Design Practice
JF - Artifact: Journal of Design Practice
IS - 1 & 2
ER -