Worldmaking

Working through Theory/Practice in Design

Bibliographic Data

ID12922152
AuthorsShana Agid (0000-0003-1125-7621, School of Visual Arts, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume4
Issue1
Pages27-54
Publication date2012-01-09
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDesign and Culture (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1754-7075 • E-ISSN: 1754-7083
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.2752/175470812x13176523285110
OpenAlexW2082489461
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited22

This article argues for an active role for theory in designing, especially feminist theory and cultural studies, both as a means of theorizing design through the work of designers and as a means of reflecting on the complex contexts in which designing takes place and designs take hold. This has particular relevance in the participatory and user-centered frameworks increasingly favored in design practices and education. Changes in design methods, the emergence of "design thinking" in a range of fields including but not always linked to design, and the growth of contemporary "social design" over the past two decades have greatly shifted design practices and contexts

Accountability · Argument (complex analysis · Citizen journalism · Critical theory · Design education · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Participatory design · Political science · Situated · Sociology · Visual arts · Computer Science · Crafts, Textile, and Design · Design Education and Practice · Engineering · Graphic Design and Typography

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