Framing in design: A formal analysis and failure modes

Vermaas, P; Dorst, K; Thurgood, C

Framing in design: A formal analysis and failure modes

Vermaas, P Dorst, K

Thurgood, C

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Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED, 2015, 3 (DS 80-03), pp. 133 - 142
Issue Date:: 2015-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Vermaas, P	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Dorst, K https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6102-2348	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Thurgood, C https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3812-4423	en_US
dc.date.issued	2015-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED, 2015, 3 (DS 80-03), pp. 133 - 142	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	2220-4334	en_US
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dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/36829
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/36863
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/36862
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/36860
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/36861
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/36831
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dc.description.abstract	This contribution presents a formal description of the design practice of framing and identifies two general modes in which framing can lead to failure in design projects. The first is called the goal reformulation failure mode and occurs when designers reformulate the goal of the client in a design task and give design solutions that solve the reformulated goal but not the original goal. The second is called the frame failure mode and occurs when designers propose a frame for the design task that cannot be accepted by the client. The analysis of framing and its failure modes is aimed at better understanding this design practice and provides a first step towards arriving at criteria that successful applications of framing should meet. The description and the failure modes are illustrated by critically considering an initially successful case of framing, namely the redesign of the Kings Cross entertainment district in Sydney.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED	en_US
dc.title	Framing in design: A formal analysis and failure modes	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.citation.volume	DS 80-03	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	3	en_US
utslib.for	120302 Design Innovation	en_US
dc.location.activity	Milan, Italy
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
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CCDP - Contemporary Design Practice
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - DIRC - Design Innovation Research Centre
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	DS 80-03	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	3	en_US

Abstract:

This contribution presents a formal description of the design practice of framing and identifies two general modes in which framing can lead to failure in design projects. The first is called the goal reformulation failure mode and occurs when designers reformulate the goal of the client in a design task and give design solutions that solve the reformulated goal but not the original goal. The second is called the frame failure mode and occurs when designers propose a frame for the design task that cannot be accepted by the client. The analysis of framing and its failure modes is aimed at better understanding this design practice and provides a first step towards arriving at criteria that successful applications of framing should meet. The description and the failure modes are illustrated by critically considering an initially successful case of framing, namely the redesign of the Kings Cross entertainment district in Sydney.

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