A New Visual Aid for Designing

Tomkin, DF; Watson, R

A New Visual Aid for Designing

Tomkin, DF Watson, R

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Publisher:: IASDR
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Consilience and Innovation in Design, proceedings and Program vol. 2, 2013, pp. 3558 - 3567
Issue Date:: 2013-01

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dc.contributor.author	Tomkin, DF	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Watson, R https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2079-8940	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Sugiyama, K	en_US
dc.date	2013-08-26	en_US
dc.date.issued	2013-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Consilience and Innovation in Design, proceedings and Program vol. 2, 2013, pp. 3558 - 3567	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	978-4-9980776-3-3	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/26916
dc.description.abstract	In 2002 the American Design consultancy IDEO developed a set of method cards to assist designers and others in selecting the appropriate process on a design project. The Designing Out Crime Research Centre (DOC) has customized the concept of design process cards basing the form and content on a new design thinking philosophy. Originally designed to assist the Centre's consultancy stream working on crime related issues the new cards have also been shown to aid design students gain insight into design process in general and in selecting the appropriate tool for the specific design task they are undertaking. The new design thinking approach, which forms the framework for the cards, was developed by Kees Dorst following an investigative process including the review of many DOC design projects and extensive with leading designers. The approach contains nine steps - archaeology, paradox, context, field, themes, frames, futures, transformation, and integration (Dorst 2013). The cards serve a number of purposes. While assisting the design team in planning new assignments the cards also help the team engage with clients in both determining the tools to employ and the sequence in which they occur. The playful nature of the cards and the informative details contained on the backside assist in demystifying the process to those less familiar with designing. This paper describes the cards and how they relate to the new thinking philosophy. Also included is a demonstration on how the cards can be used in a variety of design projects.	en_US
dc.publisher	IASDR	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Consilience and Innovation in Design, proceedings and Program vol. 2	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	International Association of Societies of Design Research	en_US
dc.title	A New Visual Aid for Designing	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.location	Tokyo	en_US
utslib.location.activity	Shibaura Institute of Technology Tokyo	en_US
utslib.for	1203 Design Practice and Management	en_US
dc.location.activity	Shibaura Institute of Technology Tokyo	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 Transdisciplinary Innovation
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pubs.finish-date	2013-08-30	en_US
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Abstract:

In 2002 the American Design consultancy IDEO developed a set of method cards to assist designers and others in selecting the appropriate process on a design project. The Designing Out Crime Research Centre (DOC) has customized the concept of design process cards basing the form and content on a new design thinking philosophy. Originally designed to assist the Centre's consultancy stream working on crime related issues the new cards have also been shown to aid design students gain insight into design process in general and in selecting the appropriate tool for the specific design task they are undertaking. The new design thinking approach, which forms the framework for the cards, was developed by Kees Dorst following an investigative process including the review of many DOC design projects and extensive with leading designers. The approach contains nine steps - archaeology, paradox, context, field, themes, frames, futures, transformation, and integration (Dorst 2013). The cards serve a number of purposes. While assisting the design team in planning new assignments the cards also help the team engage with clients in both determining the tools to employ and the sequence in which they occur. The playful nature of the cards and the informative details contained on the backside assist in demystifying the process to those less familiar with designing. This paper describes the cards and how they relate to the new thinking philosophy. Also included is a demonstration on how the cards can be used in a variety of design projects.

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