Layers of Design: Understanding Design Practice

Dorst, K

Layers of Design: Understanding Design Practice

Dorst, K

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Publisher:: International Association of Societies of Design Research
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: International Association of Societies of Design Research, 2009, pp. 157 - 166
Issue Date:: 2009-01

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dc.contributor.author	Dorst, K https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6102-2348	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	not known	en_US
dc.date	2009-10-18	en_US
dc.date.issued	2009-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	International Association of Societies of Design Research, 2009, pp. 157 - 166	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	978-89-963194-0-5	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/11246
dc.description.abstract	Most thinking about design, and indeed most research into design, has focussed on what happens within design projects. Yet when we study design and architectural firms/departments more carefully, we observe several layers of design activity not just activities within projects, but also design activities that work across projects. Lead designers create the intellectual (and physical) context in which design takes place and can prosper, the Practice. In this exploratory paper we will sketch the nature of this `Design Practice. This exploration leads to a research agenda, and to some first thoughts on how this level of design activities could be better addressed in design education.	en_US
dc.publisher	International Association of Societies of Design Research	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	International Association of Societies of Design Research	en_US
dc.title	Layers of Design: Understanding Design Practice	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.location	Seoul, Korea	en_US
utslib.location.activity	Coex, Seoul, Korea	en_US
utslib.for	1203 Design Practice and Management	en_US
dc.location.activity	Coex, Seoul, Korea	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Transdisciplinary Innovation
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CCDP - Contemporary Design Practice
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pubs.place-of-publication	Seoul, Korea	en_US
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Abstract:

Most thinking about design, and indeed most research into design, has focussed on what happens within design projects. Yet when we study design and architectural firms/departments more carefully, we observe several layers of design activity not just activities within projects, but also design activities that work across projects. Lead designers create the intellectual (and physical) context in which design takes place and can prosper, the Practice. In this exploratory paper we will sketch the nature of this `Design Practice. This exploration leads to a research agenda, and to some first thoughts on how this level of design activities could be better addressed in design education.

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