What is design?

XVII.5 September + October 2010
Page: 74
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The space of design


Authors:
Hugh Dubberly

Models of the process of design are relatively common. I have found approximately 150 such models, many of which are presented in "How Do You Design?" (http://www.dubberly.com/articles/how-do-you-design.html/). Each describes a sequence of steps required to design something—or at least the steps that designers recommend. Models of the design process are common because designers often need to explain what they do (or want to do) so that clients, colleagues, and students can understand. Less common are models of the domain of design—models describing the scope or nature of practice, research, or teaching. (I have found only about a dozen such…




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