Research Prototyping, University-Industry Collaboration and the value of Annotated Portfolios

Walden, R; Lie, S; Pandolfo, B; Nemme, A

Research Prototyping, University-Industry Collaboration and the value of Annotated Portfolios

Walden, R

Lie, S

Pandolfo, B

Nemme, A

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Publisher:: Cumulus the International Association of Universities and Colleges of Art, Design and Media
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: To Get There: Designing Together, 2018, pp. 1198 - 1213
Issue Date:: 2018

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dc.contributor.author	Walden, R https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8746-7276	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Lie, S https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3512-2185	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Pandolfo, B https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0179-8862	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Nemme, A https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7846-9971	en_US
dc.date	2018-04-11	en_US
dc.date.issued	2018	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	To Get There: Designing Together, 2018, pp. 1198 - 1213	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	978-2-9565440-0-5	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	2490-046X	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/126267
dc.description.abstract	The purpose of this paper is to describe how a team of academic- design practitioners working on a university-industry collaboration (UIC) project, used the method of research prototyping documented in an annotated portfolio, as a way to meet the dual need of contrib- uting to the academic discussion and, problem solving through de- sign practice. The annotated portfolio enables knowledge transfer and knowledge sharing, integration of new knowledge through re- search prototypes and a way of retaining knowledge for possible application in the current or future projects. During the process of conducting the UIC project, a team of three academic design practi- tioners working in product design research recorded images of pro- totypes constructed and catalogued those images to be systemati- cally transferred to the annotated portfolio document. The entire body of work was catalogued for analysis (both during and after key project stages) to integrate knowledge generated through research prototypes. This paper will focus on the role of research prototypes constructed as part of the project, the classification of those proto- types recorded in photographs and the function of their arrangement in an annotated portfolio. Academic design practitioners working in collaboration with industry partners do not specialise in particular fields of application, such as furniture designers, medical product designers or in-house product designers. Instead academic design practitioners perform in a similar manner to the consultant designer who is required to quickly master diverse sectors on a continuing basis. The academic team is further distinguished by their focus on research in emergent fields that defy classical categorisation. Due to this, the methodologies through which they build new knowledge in areas of expertise that they’re not practiced in, collect this knowl- edge and portfolio this knowledge is a unique commodity. In the field of design research for UIC projects, more needs to be understood about recording knowledge integration and the role of research prototypes. This research is important because it provides an un- derstanding of how academics may record and contribute new knowledge through UIC projects, where prototype construction is the central research device. Further we propose a method for docu- menting UIC projects that could be used to help develop the exper- tise of the academic partner.	en_US
dc.publisher	Cumulus the International Association of Universities and Colleges of Art, Design and Media	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	To Get There: Designing Together	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Cumulus Paris 2018: To get there together, designing together	en_US
dc.title	Research Prototyping, University-Industry Collaboration and the value of Annotated Portfolios	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.location	Paris 2018	en_US
utslib.location.activity	Paris	en_US
utslib.for	1203 Design Practice and Management	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 Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Design
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pubs.finish-date	2018-04-13	en_US
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pubs.start-date	2018-04-11	en_US

Abstract:

The purpose of this paper is to describe how a team of academic- design practitioners working on a university-industry collaboration (UIC) project, used the method of research prototyping documented in an annotated portfolio, as a way to meet the dual need of contrib- uting to the academic discussion and, problem solving through de- sign practice. The annotated portfolio enables knowledge transfer and knowledge sharing, integration of new knowledge through re- search prototypes and a way of retaining knowledge for possible application in the current or future projects. During the process of conducting the UIC project, a team of three academic design practi- tioners working in product design research recorded images of pro- totypes constructed and catalogued those images to be systemati- cally transferred to the annotated portfolio document. The entire body of work was catalogued for analysis (both during and after key project stages) to integrate knowledge generated through research prototypes. This paper will focus on the role of research prototypes constructed as part of the project, the classification of those proto- types recorded in photographs and the function of their arrangement in an annotated portfolio. Academic design practitioners working in collaboration with industry partners do not specialise in particular fields of application, such as furniture designers, medical product designers or in-house product designers. Instead academic design practitioners perform in a similar manner to the consultant designer who is required to quickly master diverse sectors on a continuing basis. The academic team is further distinguished by their focus on research in emergent fields that defy classical categorisation. Due to this, the methodologies through which they build new knowledge in areas of expertise that they’re not practiced in, collect this knowl- edge and portfolio this knowledge is a unique commodity. In the field of design research for UIC projects, more needs to be understood about recording knowledge integration and the role of research prototypes. This research is important because it provides an un- derstanding of how academics may record and contribute new knowledge through UIC projects, where prototype construction is the central research device. Further we propose a method for docu- menting UIC projects that could be used to help develop the exper- tise of the academic partner.

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