2014/01/02 by Elizabeth Sanders, Pieter Jan Stappers · 3 citations
Computer Science · Engineering · Business, Management and Accounting · #Innovative Human-Technology Interaction #Design Education and Practice #Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
paper · doi:10.1080/15710882.2014.888183
openalex publication_date 2014/01/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/04
The role of making in the design process has been growing, taking on new forms and involving new players over the past 10 years. Where we once primarily saw designers using making to give shape to the future, today we can see designers and non-designers working together, using making as a way to make sense of the future. In this paper, we describe the landscape of design research and practice at the end of 2013 with special attention to the role of making across these perspectives: approach (cultural probes, generative toolkits and design prototypes), mindset (designing for people and designing with people), focus in time (the world as it is, the near future and the speculative future) as well as variations in design intent (provoking, engaging and serving).