Making Design Theory

by Johan Redström

A new approach to theory development for practice-driven research, proposing that theory is something made in and through design.

Tendencies toward "academization" of traditionally practice-based fields have forced design to articulate itself as an academic discipline, in theoretical terms. In this book, Johan Redstr m offers a new approach to theory development in design research-one that is driven by practice, experimentation, and making...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262036657
• ISBN13: 9780262036658
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher