definition

The word 'Design'

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The word 'design' in the research question of this study refers to the practice of creating experiences for people by making products or shaping processes. Whether it is a process or a product that is designed, the act of designing aims to contribute to the existing body of experience that users, participants or clients have. Environment is understood in this study as the setting in which social interaction takes place.

  • citation, theory: 

    Deep design

    Peter Lunenfeld, Caroline Nevejan - Lunenfeld argues for a deeper understanding of design from a historical and aesthetic perspective. "Even more important than ...
  • description, collective history: 

    Different discourses

    Caroline Nevejan - When inviting a diverse group of people and professionals to collaborate, the issue of conveying trustworthiness between different ...
  • proposal, argument, conclusion: 

    Formulating requirements

    Caroline Nevejan - In design trajectories the formulation of design requirements is a crucial phase. In the design requirements the formulation takes place ...
  • description, collective history: 

    Creating by presenting

    Caroline Nevejan - In March and April 1990 we approached many people and organizations and we found that after a good conversation many people appreciated ...
  • concept, argument, conclusion, techno-biography: 

    Interface and interaction

    Caroline Nevejan - In all three emails nobody writes about the computer as a hurdle to overcome. Apparently computer savvy-ness was not an issue anymore. ...
  • description, concept, proposal, methodology, collective history: 

    Engineering space into place

    Caroline Nevejan - To understand why certain programmes are successful I turn to the distinction that is made between space and place in the variety of ...
  • description, concept, argument: 

    The intuition of designers and the meta-text multimedia education

    Caroline Nevejan - When designing a party, an event, or an application simple questions become hugely important: how to enter, how to identify, how to ...
  • description, argument, subjective, collective history: 

    An interactive representation of a possibility

    Caroline Nevejan - This picture-phone connection was not documented in the proceedings, nor was it announced in the programme. It did not crop up in any of ...
  • concept, argument: 

    Blurring You and not-You

    Caroline Nevejan - The blurring between You and not-You creates confusions as well as solutions. In not-You spaces trust is delegated, moral distance is ...
  • citation, argument, collective history: 

    Three emails

    Caroline Nevejan - Below I will first quote three printed emails that I found in the personal Folders and the Proceedings and discuss the elements I find ...