Mind Design #12, 2008
National Design Policy Improves Competitiveness
Investments in a design system consisting of design support, design promotion, design education and a national design policy may improve a country’s competitiveness and promote economic growth. Gisele Raulik-Murphy, a Ph.D. scholar at University of Wales Institute, Cardiff has compared the design systems of four countries. She highlights Finland as a paragon of design. Yrjö Sotamaa, a professor and former rector at University of Art and Design, describes Finland’s process of developing a design policy, a process that he was an active contributor to.
Investments in a design system consisting of design support, design promotion, design education and a national design policy may improve a country’s competitiveness and promote economic growth. Gisele Raulik-Murphy, a Ph.D. scholar at University of Wales Institute, Cardiff has compared the design systems of four countries. She highlights Finland as a paragon of design. Yrjö Sotamaa, a professor and former rector at University of Art and Design, describes Finland’s process of developing a design policy, a process that he was an active contributor to.
Like Being Inside a Kaleidoscope
The value of combining practice-based insights from industry with the theoretical insights from the research environment is apparent in textile designer Anne Louise Bangs Industrial Ph.D. project. As an Industrial Ph.D. scholar at the textile company Gabriel and with her ties to Designskolen Kolding she is enjoying the best of both worlds. With user-driven innovation as the key focus, in her research project she attempts to add new tools to the design process.
The value of combining practice-based insights from industry with the theoretical insights from the research environment is apparent in textile designer Anne Louise Bangs Industrial Ph.D. project. As an Industrial Ph.D. scholar at the textile company Gabriel and with her ties to Designskolen Kolding she is enjoying the best of both worlds. With user-driven innovation as the key focus, in her research project she attempts to add new tools to the design process.
A Scandinavian Approach to Interaction Design
A group of Scandinavian programmers have made themselves noticed in the field of interaction design and systems development. Their work is referred to as ’the Scandinavian School’. The characteristics of the Scandinavian school include user-involvement, a group approach and simplicity. Many of the programming languages, operating systems and internet components that are in use today have their roots in the Scandinavian School of systems development.
A group of Scandinavian programmers have made themselves noticed in the field of interaction design and systems development. Their work is referred to as ’the Scandinavian School’. The characteristics of the Scandinavian school include user-involvement, a group approach and simplicity. Many of the programming languages, operating systems and internet components that are in use today have their roots in the Scandinavian School of systems development.
The Multiple Perspectives of Design Research
What is design research? Since design is, after all, a practice field, why even bother with research? A comprehensive anthology about design research in Sweden provides a brief and precise in its title: Design research is about going beneath the surface of the things that seem obvious. 'Under ytan' (Beneath the Surface) features contributions from the full range of design research; it is a well-edited book, which for years to come will continue to be a strong source of documentation of the wide range of design research.
What is design research? Since design is, after all, a practice field, why even bother with research? A comprehensive anthology about design research in Sweden provides a brief and precise in its title: Design research is about going beneath the surface of the things that seem obvious. 'Under ytan' (Beneath the Surface) features contributions from the full range of design research; it is a well-edited book, which for years to come will continue to be a strong source of documentation of the wide range of design research.
