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Record Nr.

UNINA9910411936603321

Autore

Dixon Brian S

Titolo

Dewey and Design : A Pragmatist Perspective for Design Research / / by Brian S. Dixon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-47471-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XI, 200 p. 11 illus.)

Collana

Design Research Foundations, , 2366-4622

Disciplina

191

Soggetti

Design

Pragmatism

Knowledge, Theory of

Design, general

Epistemology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. Design, Pragmatism and Dewey -- Chapter 2. Valuing Experience -- Chapter 3. Knowing in Making -- Chapter 4. Making Things Meaningful -- Chapter 5. Making Things Better -- Chapter 6. Making as Remaking -- Chapter 7. Dewey’s Pragmatism as a Philosophy for Design Research -- References -- Index. .

Sommario/riassunto

Over the last four decades, John Dewey’s pragmatist philosophy has formed an intellectual core in design research, underpinning Donald Schön’s theory of reflective practice, the experiential perspective in HCI and the democratic commitments of participatory design. Taking these existing connections as a starting point, Brian Dixon explores how deeper alignments may be drawn between Dewey’s insights and contemporary design research’s concern with practice, meaning and collaboration. Chapter by chapter, a fresh intellectual approach is revealed, one which recognises the transformative power of doing, making and knowing as a force for positive change in the world. We see that, for Dewey, experience comes first. It connects us to surrounding world and the society of which we are part; good things can happen



and new realities are possible—we just have to work for them. The implications for design research are vast. We are offered a new way of understanding designerly knowledge production, as well as the methodological implications of adopting Deweyan pragmatism in design research. Taken as a whole, Dewey and Design not only draws out the value of Dewey’s work for design research but also, crucially, offers a clear articulation of the value of design itself.