Proximity in Design Research
People, Processes, Products, Philosophy
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 20. July 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
274 pages
978-1-032-83504-4 (ISBN)
Description
Proximity in Design Research explores four constituents of design: people, processes, products and philosophy, and their potential to bridge contemporary gaps through multilevel synergies.
The book brings together a variety of design approaches on several scales developed in the collaboration of different agencies and within diverse contexts. Proximity prompts us to explore the challenges and opportunities for research in design, with the widening and closing of distances in unpredictable times such as those during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the social distance imposed during this unprecedented global health scenario, researchers and professionals across different areas of knowledge have engaged in an extraordinary interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary global cooperation. This reinvented proximity enhanced the ability to cross fields, remove boundaries to collaboration between disciplines and accelerate processes towards an overarching goal: to overcome adversity. This edited collection reflects on what designers have taken from this experience so far and the possibilities that are foreseen as the concept of proximity is redefined.
This book offers critical knowledge related to both design practice and design theory. It will be of interest to researchers, teachers and students working in the design disciplines.
The book brings together a variety of design approaches on several scales developed in the collaboration of different agencies and within diverse contexts. Proximity prompts us to explore the challenges and opportunities for research in design, with the widening and closing of distances in unpredictable times such as those during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the social distance imposed during this unprecedented global health scenario, researchers and professionals across different areas of knowledge have engaged in an extraordinary interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary global cooperation. This reinvented proximity enhanced the ability to cross fields, remove boundaries to collaboration between disciplines and accelerate processes towards an overarching goal: to overcome adversity. This edited collection reflects on what designers have taken from this experience so far and the possibilities that are foreseen as the concept of proximity is redefined.
This book offers critical knowledge related to both design practice and design theory. It will be of interest to researchers, teachers and students working in the design disciplines.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Academic, Postgraduate, and Undergraduate Advanced
Illustrations
37 s/w Zeichnungen, 11 s/w Tabellen, 76 s/w Abbildungen, 39 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder
11 Tables, black and white; 37 Line drawings, black and white; 39 Halftones, black and white; 76 Illustrations, black and white
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Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-032-83504-4 (9781032835044)
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Person
Rita Assoreira Almendra is a full professor at the Lisbon School of Architecture (FA-ULisboa) where she is Head of the Design Department and coordinates both the Design Doctoral Program and the nucleus of Design at the CIAUD research center. She holds a PhD in Design (2010) from FA-ULisboa, a master's in design management (2004) and an MBA with marketing specialization (2002), both from the Catholic University of Lisbon. Rita has worked for more than 20 years as a design researcher and educator, with numerous publications and master and doctoral supervisions in this field. She is the founder and coordinator of the Research & Education in Design research group [redes.fa.ulisboa.pt] and was responsible for two editions of the International Conference on Research and Education in Design.
Content
List of figures
List of tables
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
PART I - Design Proximity(ies)
Chapter 1 - New design knowledge for a new philosophical thinking. A speculation on the concept of proximity as a lens for critical thinking in creative education
Francesco Galli, Irina Suteu and Riccardo Manzotti
Chapter 2 - Amplified Experience Through Temporal Proximity
Stephen Neely and Michael Arnold Mages
Chapter 3 - Designing the Proximity - temporary exhibition of a research project's constellation
Ambra Borin, Laura Galluzzo and Valentina Facoetti
Chapter 4 - Virtual Proximity in the factory processes: designing interfaces between industrial equipment and human operators
Sara Muscolo, Camilla Gironi, Viktor Malakuczi and Luca D'Elia
Chapter 5 - Proximity of theory and practice: framing a research through design experience for design students
Mithra Zahedi and Virginie Tessier
PART II - Design Approaches
Chapter 6 - From information to re-information: the reuse of objects from the Sao Joaquim marketplace as a reference to the construction of a contemporary design.
Bruna Villas-Boas Doria Lins, Maria Cecilia Loschiavo dos Santos, Lara Leite Barbosa and Gil Maciel Rocha Abreu
Chapter 7 - A Disciplined Approach to Abstraction
Michelle Pannone and Kate O'Connor
Chapter 8 - Chance of Designing: Reframing Aleatoric Processes in Design Education
Ece Atacan, and K.Gelmez
Chapter 9 - From Critical Friendship to Design Critique Friendship: Disclosing the Mechanisms of Informal Design Critique Within a Design Studio Course
Guelce Apak and Koray Gelmez
Chapter 10 - Mapping the design process of Luz e Cena Laboratory, LA LUCE, linked to the Federal University of Goias.
Viviane de Sousa Cruz e Silva and Rita Assoreira Almendra
PART III - Design "in action"
Chapter 11 - Neighbourhood, community and public space: designing the proximity together
Davide Fassi and Maria Maramotti
Chapter 12 - A Case Study of Design-Driven Social Entrepreneurship: Service Design Startup to Teach Digital Technology to Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Roya Paydarfar and Miso Kim
Chapter 13 - Integrating Care Practice into Product Design Education: Insights into Caring Behaviour, Design and Circular Economy
Yoon Jung Choi
Chapter 14 - Label and Packaging Design for Sustainability Checklist. A tailored tool for graphic design students and designers, co-designed by all stakeholders across the workflows
Pedro Matos, Vanda Correia and Joselia Pedro
Chapter 15 - Making Makers citizenships: network tools for Lazio digital manufacturers' awareness
Luca D'Elia
Chapter 16 - Design-led Entrepreneurship Workshop: a dialogic approach
Michel De Blois and Xavier Lesage
PART IV - Design Research
Chapter 17 - Towards the histories and the pedagogies of social design in Brazil - a research outline
Rita Assoreira Almendra, Gustavo Cossio and Andre Luiz Carvalho Cardoso
Chapter 18 - A Map of Knowledge Transfer and Exchange in Doctoral Research in Design
Ana Neto, Rita Assoreira Almendra and Joao Batalheiro Ferreira
Chapter 19 - A Study on Research Methods in Design and Territory
Filipe Cruz, Fatima Rocha and Carla Rodrigues
Chapter 20 - Photovoice and research with children in Design and Architecture - Proximity between researchers and research subjects
Rosa Arma and Camila Andrade dos Santos
Chapter 21 - The DNA manifesto - Its Impact and Challenges for Design Education
Martin Racine
Chapter 22 - Ready-to-(dis)assemble: experimentations on elastic joinery for engaging and environmentally friendly furniture
Patrizio Cipollone, Viktor Malakuczi, Felice Ragazzo and Michele Russo
Index
List of tables
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
PART I - Design Proximity(ies)
Chapter 1 - New design knowledge for a new philosophical thinking. A speculation on the concept of proximity as a lens for critical thinking in creative education
Francesco Galli, Irina Suteu and Riccardo Manzotti
Chapter 2 - Amplified Experience Through Temporal Proximity
Stephen Neely and Michael Arnold Mages
Chapter 3 - Designing the Proximity - temporary exhibition of a research project's constellation
Ambra Borin, Laura Galluzzo and Valentina Facoetti
Chapter 4 - Virtual Proximity in the factory processes: designing interfaces between industrial equipment and human operators
Sara Muscolo, Camilla Gironi, Viktor Malakuczi and Luca D'Elia
Chapter 5 - Proximity of theory and practice: framing a research through design experience for design students
Mithra Zahedi and Virginie Tessier
PART II - Design Approaches
Chapter 6 - From information to re-information: the reuse of objects from the Sao Joaquim marketplace as a reference to the construction of a contemporary design.
Bruna Villas-Boas Doria Lins, Maria Cecilia Loschiavo dos Santos, Lara Leite Barbosa and Gil Maciel Rocha Abreu
Chapter 7 - A Disciplined Approach to Abstraction
Michelle Pannone and Kate O'Connor
Chapter 8 - Chance of Designing: Reframing Aleatoric Processes in Design Education
Ece Atacan, and K.Gelmez
Chapter 9 - From Critical Friendship to Design Critique Friendship: Disclosing the Mechanisms of Informal Design Critique Within a Design Studio Course
Guelce Apak and Koray Gelmez
Chapter 10 - Mapping the design process of Luz e Cena Laboratory, LA LUCE, linked to the Federal University of Goias.
Viviane de Sousa Cruz e Silva and Rita Assoreira Almendra
PART III - Design "in action"
Chapter 11 - Neighbourhood, community and public space: designing the proximity together
Davide Fassi and Maria Maramotti
Chapter 12 - A Case Study of Design-Driven Social Entrepreneurship: Service Design Startup to Teach Digital Technology to Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Roya Paydarfar and Miso Kim
Chapter 13 - Integrating Care Practice into Product Design Education: Insights into Caring Behaviour, Design and Circular Economy
Yoon Jung Choi
Chapter 14 - Label and Packaging Design for Sustainability Checklist. A tailored tool for graphic design students and designers, co-designed by all stakeholders across the workflows
Pedro Matos, Vanda Correia and Joselia Pedro
Chapter 15 - Making Makers citizenships: network tools for Lazio digital manufacturers' awareness
Luca D'Elia
Chapter 16 - Design-led Entrepreneurship Workshop: a dialogic approach
Michel De Blois and Xavier Lesage
PART IV - Design Research
Chapter 17 - Towards the histories and the pedagogies of social design in Brazil - a research outline
Rita Assoreira Almendra, Gustavo Cossio and Andre Luiz Carvalho Cardoso
Chapter 18 - A Map of Knowledge Transfer and Exchange in Doctoral Research in Design
Ana Neto, Rita Assoreira Almendra and Joao Batalheiro Ferreira
Chapter 19 - A Study on Research Methods in Design and Territory
Filipe Cruz, Fatima Rocha and Carla Rodrigues
Chapter 20 - Photovoice and research with children in Design and Architecture - Proximity between researchers and research subjects
Rosa Arma and Camila Andrade dos Santos
Chapter 21 - The DNA manifesto - Its Impact and Challenges for Design Education
Martin Racine
Chapter 22 - Ready-to-(dis)assemble: experimentations on elastic joinery for engaging and environmentally friendly furniture
Patrizio Cipollone, Viktor Malakuczi, Felice Ragazzo and Michele Russo
Index