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- Title
DDR4 (Designing Design Research 4) Event Review and Reflections.
- Authors
Pedgley, Owain
- Abstract
This article deals with the factors to consider in developing design research. Every once in a while, it is useful to take time out, away from the technicalities and intricacies of one's own research, and to reestablish a sense of perspective and purpose alongside the goals of the wider research community. Such has been the purpose of the designing design research (DDR) events in recent years, organized by Alec Robertson of the De Montfort University in Leicester, England. The fourth installment(DDR4), subtitled reflecting, refreshing, reuniting, and renovating largely took the form of a one-day question-and-answer session at the Royal College of Art, London, on March 20, 2004. As one would expect, the event proved a worthwhile opportunity for opinions to be heard, values to be aired, and for perspectives on the future role and shape of design research to be contrasted. Some familiar themes emerged during the event, which will be revisited shortly such as the motivations for design research, the differences between design activity and research activity, and the need for a robust context for all research. Thus, the fact that each of these themes continues to surface shows that, as a community, many of the fundamentals still need to be consolidated and communicated.
- Subjects
LEICESTER (England); ENGLAND; RESEARCH; ARTS; AESTHETIC experience; CONFERENCES &; conventions; DE Montfort University
- Publication
Design Issues, 2005, Vol 21, Issue 3, p82
- ISSN
0747-9360
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1162/0747936054406762