51-919 Research BY Designing I

6–12 units, Carnegie Mellon University

This seminar examines approaches to conducting research through the practice of designing. Whilst designing is pragmatically oriented toward materializing change, the processes involved in designing can generate significant insights into situations, especially concerning the interrelations between humans and products, communications and environments. This first Research by Design seminar focuses on Material Thinking, Visual Thinking, Scenarioing, Prototypying and Aordances. This course is intended for DDES PhD students in Design all other students by permission of the instructor.

Prerequisites: none listed

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