Design and the Social Sciences
Making Connections
1st Edition
Published on 25. April 2002
256 pages
978-1-134-48087-6 (ISBN)
Description
The social sciences have a distinctive contribution to make to the understanding and handling of design issues, both in product and systems design and in the design of the built environment. The role of cognitive psychology, particularly ergonomics, to the design process has traditionally been well appreciated. Because it provides important insight
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-134-48087-6 (9781134480876)
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Content
Preface. Acknowledgements. From User-Centred to Participatory Design Approaches. Human Factors for Pleasure Seekers. Communications Artifacts: The Design of Objects and the Object of Design. People-Centred Design: Complexities and Uncertainties. Social Sciences and Design Innovation. Design Language: Confluence of Behavioural, Social and Cultural Factors. Design Moves: Approximating a Desired Future with Users. Emotion and Urban Experience: Implications for Design. An Interdisciplinary Approach in the Development of Design Knowledge and its Application: The Case of Wayfinding Research and Design. Preventing Drug Interactions in Older Adults: A Collaborative Study. Fieldnotes from 'Home': Anthropology and Design on Exhibition. Research and Design Collaboration: A Case Study. The Technical and the Social in Engineering Education. Making Connections: Design and the Social Sciences. Appearance, Form, and the Retrieval of Prior Knowledge. The Influence of Affect on Cognitive Processes. Gendered Spaces of Domesticity. Social Science as a Design Profession: New Visions and Relationships. Two Weddings and Still no Funeral: Sociology, Design and the Interprofessional Project. The Working Groups. Conclusions: Design and the Social Sciences, a Reconnaissance. Notes on Contributors. Index.
