UD Theory and design tools.
Are researchers in Universal Design (UD) using UD theory? There is a link between theory and the appropriate use and selection of tools...
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Richard Herriott
Dec 8, 20231 min
A foray into fashion research
This article ( Bridging measurement and cultural interpretation) was recently published in the the journal Critical Studies In Mens´...
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Richard Herriott
Jul 14, 20232 min
Serving suggestions
You might be familiar with the preposterous images sometimes printed on the front of food packets. A delicious succulent slice of ham is...
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Richard Herriott
Jul 7, 20231 min
Designerly Ways of Knowing
You can read my article on designerly ways of knowing at the new issue of Design Issues. Here´s the link: https://direct.mit.edu/desi/art...
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Richard Herriott
Jun 18, 20231 min
Tacit knowledge doesn´t count
But in this text, the authors imply Nigel Cross (1982) thinks it does. The article is Galdon, F., & Hall, A. (2022). (Un) Frayling design...
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Richard Herriott
Jun 16, 20232 min
Design research leads, hopefully, to design knowledge.
Müller, R. M., & Thoring, K. (2010). A typology of design knowledge: A theoretical framework. Proceedings of the Sixteenth Americas...
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Richard Herriott
Jun 14, 20231 min
Research through design: quality considerations
Prochner, I., & Godin, D. (2022). Quality in research through design projects: Recommendations for evaluation and enhancement. Design...
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Richard Herriott
Jun 13, 20231 min
Sampling in Design Research
Double-loop sampling is explained in an article discussed below. Cash, P., Isaksson, O., Maier, A., & Summers, J. (2022). Sampling in...
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Richard Herriott
Jun 12, 20231 min
What aesthetics can tell designers
Weber, R. (2012). Introduction to the Special Issue: Aesthetics & Design!?. Empirical Studies of the Arts, 30(1), 3-6. Tag: aesthetics,...
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Richard Herriott
Jun 8, 20231 min
Theory and practice and theory and ...
Collins, A., Joseph, D., & Bielaczyc, K. (2004). Design research: Theoretical and methodological issues. The Journal of the learning...
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Richard Herriott
May 31, 20231 min
About my book
According to Book Authority, my book is not too bad. "3 Best New Industrial Design Books To Read In 2023 As featured on CNN, Forbes and...
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Richard Herriott
May 31, 20231 min
Tacit knowledge
Mareis, C. (2012). The epistemology of the unspoken: On the concept of tacit knowledge in contemporary design research. Design Issues,...
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Richard Herriott
Oct 27, 20223 min
Help, don´t hurt
Good critique should help not hurt. Design processes involve iterations and in between iterations there often comes critique and...
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Richard Herriott
Sep 27, 20224 min
Complexity, categories, wickedness
In this blog post I am going to connect two items. One dates from 1973, the famous Wicked Problems paper and one from 2014, a useful book...
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Richard Herriott
Sep 19, 20224 min
Don´t forget the biscuits
Is your user research anywhere beyond stage zero? Sometimes it seems companies go to huge lengths to develop products and somehow manage...
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Richard Herriott
Sep 6, 20221 min
Do UX people understand industrial design?
King and Chang (2016) have a booked titled Understanding Industrial Design – Principles for UX and interaction design. The premise is...
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Richard Herriott
Aug 28, 20222 min
Experiencing Architecture
Steen Eiler Rasmussen´s 1964 book is worth a careful read if you are interested in the character of buildings. It deals with this more...
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Richard Herriott
Aug 22, 20222 min
You have six minds
My last post concerned research or the lack of it among communication designers. This post looks at a research approach aimed at using...
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Richard Herriott
Aug 17, 20223 min
Do designers do or use research?
Most communication designers do little research.
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Richard Herriott
Aug 10, 20221 min
I will be posting things here soon
It´ll be mostly comments and reviews on academic articles but also things about design and architecture. You are now looking at photos of...
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