The Ontology of Design Research

This book seeks to establish the meaning of design research, its role in the field, and the characteristics that differentiate research in design from research in other fields.

Autorentext

Miguel Ángel Herrera Batista is a research-professor at the School of Science and Arts of Design at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana.

Inhalt

Introduction 1. Design Research: A First Approach to the Problem 2. Design and its Ontological Reality: Defining the Problem 3. The User in the Ontological Reality of Design 4. The Designer 5. The Designed Object 6. The Components of the Ontological Reality of Design and the Relationships Between Them 7. Frame and Context: Preparatory Phase for Research 8. Paradigms, Pragmatism and Design Research Conclusions