- Author
- Title
- On design as liberal art: The art of advancements
- Supervisors
- Co-supervisors
- Award date
- 28 January 2014
- Number of pages
- 184
- ISBN
- 9789462590267
- Document type
- PhD thesis
- Faculty
- Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB)
- Institute
- Amsterdam Business School Research Institute (ABS-RI)
- Abstract
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This dissertation illustrates the process of designing for online and offline interaction in a museum context. The project consisted of the design and development of an online community platform for the museum visitors as well as of interactive, participative exhibitions inside the museum. Theoretical insights were drawn from extensive field work consisting of observations of designers’ daily work, qualitative interviews and document analysis.
The nature of designing without a product is examined empirically and theoretically. Design without a product is concerned with discovering what would make a new design work for the people engaging in or with it. In their practice, designers develop and are guided by a set of design theories of what they think would make a new design work. These theories are independent of the object of design. The same theories can be equally applied to the design of a new online community as well as of an offline participatory exhibition.
The findings illustrate that in practicing design without a product, designers deal with problems that are too complex and dynamic to be solved once and for all; they can only be advanced one step at a time. Second, designing without a product is a distributed practice. Design for interaction is constantly evolving and emerging out of the work performed by designers, community members and others. Third, in designing without a product, design is appropriated as a liberal art. In contrast to the scientific art where theories are tested, in design as liberal art, theories are employed for achieving practical, life-changing outcomes. - Note
- Research conducted at: Universiteit van Amsterdam
- Persistent Identifier
- https://hdl.handle.net/11245/1.404822
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Thesis
Cover
Title pages
Table of contents
Acknowledgements
English summary
Nederlandse samenvatting
Introduction
Exploring design controversies: An actor network theory inspired methodology for studying design
First controversy: Beyond problem solving – Advancing constitutive entanglements
Second controversy: Beyond design thinking - Design taste making
Third controversy: Beyond design process – Practicing designing
Fourth controversy: Beyond design by drawing – Design by drawing together
Conclusions: Beyond design as mechanical art – Design as liberal art
Appendix
References
List of publications
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