scholarly journals 60 A Personal (Pro)position:

IDEA JOURNAL ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-71
Author(s):  
Jane Lawrence ◽  
Joanne Cys
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Interior Architecture ◽  
Home State ◽  
Design Projects

The paper will describe an Interior Architecture studio entitled ‘South’ that aimed to develop students’ idiosyncratic design positions. The intention was to establish an individual and regional theoretical approach to underpin and influence a design methodology. This was achieved through a series of personalised design projects which focussed students’ design response to the cultural, social and economic possibilities that characterise their home- state of South Australia. The paper will discuss how the unique projects responded to ethical, political, environmental, cultural and social considerations of occupation and place and resisted stylistic design responses that are often the result of globalisation.

Theoretical Approach in Design Methodology

Designers ◽  
1998 ◽  
pp. 12-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir Hubka ◽  
W. Ernst Eder
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Design Methodology

Is there nothing outside the tags?

2015 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 477-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Murphy ◽  
Pauline Rafferty
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Word Meaning ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Social Tagging ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Original Meaning ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Death Of The Author

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore relationships between social tagging and key poststructuralist principles; to devise and construct an analytical framework through which key poststructuralist principles are converted into workable research questions and applied to analyse Librarything tags, and to assess the validity of performing such an analysis. The research hypothesis is that tagging represents an imperfect analogy for the poststructuralist project. Design/methodology/approach – Tags from LibraryThing and from a library OPAC were compared and constrasted with Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) and publishers’ descriptions. Research questions derived from poststructuralism, asked whether tags destabilise meaning, whether and how far the death of the author is expressed in tags, and whether tags deconstruct LCSH. Findings – Tags can temporarily destabilise meaning by obfuscating the structure of a word. Meaning is destabilised, perhaps only momentarily, and then it is recreated; it might resemble the original meaning, or it may not, however any attempt to make tags useful or functional necessarily imposes some form of structure. The analysis indicates that in tagging, the author, if not dead, is ignored. Authoritative interpretations are not pervasively mimicked in the tags. In relation to LCSH, tagging decentres the dominant view, but neither exposes nor judges it. Nor does tagging achieve the final stage of the deconstructive process, showing the dominant view to be a constructed reality. Originality/value – This is one of very few studies to have attempted a critical theoretical approach to social tagging. It offers a novel methodological approach to undertaking analysis based on poststructuralist theory.

Factors affecting spin-off creation

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosa Caiazza
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Multilevel Perspective ◽  
Main Factors

Purpose – The aim of the paper is to present a theoretical approach and an empirical analysis of factors affecting the spin-off creation, as although research on spin-off has increasingly received attention in recent years, few studies have focused on the main factors of the spin-off creation. Design/methodology/approach – Considering the exploratory nature of our research objectives, the Université Libre de Bruxelles cases were chosen to evidence macro-, meso- and microfactors that affect the university's ability to create a spin-off. Findings – Many factors that affect the spin-off creation were evidenced. Originality/value – A multilevel perspective for the spin-off analysis was offered.

scholarly journals Design teams management of conflict in reaching consensus

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-285
Author(s):  
Louise Kiernan ◽  
Ann Ledwith ◽  
Raymond Lynch
Keyword(s):  
Information Exchange ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Task Conflict ◽  
Design Teams ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Design Projects ◽  
Industry And Education ◽  
High Level ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the conversation activities of design teams to negotiate task conflict and reach consensus. Design/methodology/approach Four case studies were conducted to analyse the conversation activities that teams use in the course of design projects. Findings The conversation activities that teams used to negotiate conflict and bring about consensus were identified. These conversation activities are associated with collaboration, communication and social skills enabling teams to engage in the high level of information exchange and negotiation that is required to manage task conflict. How they were used to negotiate conflict and help reach consensus is also discussed. Research limitations/implications The findings from this research are based on a small number of participants; hence, it cannot be generalised without further study with larger groups. However, the questions this paper has raised can be generalised to other design tasks and groups. Practical implications The findings have implications for the management of design teams and teams working on complex unstructured problems both in industry and education. They highlight how conflict can be constructively managed to bring about consensus that integrates the knowledge and perspective of all team members. Originality/value The benefits of task conflict have been disputed in the literature. This research has identified the conversation activities that facilitate the constructive management of task conflict to bring about consensus that integrates the perspectives and knowledge of a team.

Digital divide in light of religion, gender, and women’s digital participation

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 405-413
Author(s):  
Ruth Tsuria
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Religious Traditions

Purpose This paper aims to argue for the importance of considering religious and cultural background as informing participant's access and attitudes towards digital media. Design/methodology/approach The paper takes a socio-cultural theoretical approach. In terms of methodology, it refers to case studies based on discourse analysis of online content. Findings The paper argues that the online discourse in the case studies presented discourages women from using digital media for their own empowerment. Research limitations/implications Some limitation include that this research focuses only on a case study from Judaism. Future research should examine how other religious traditions impact internet access and uses. Originality/value The paper's contribution is in its novel inclusion of religion as an element of the digital divide.

Reusing design information: an investigation of the document creation process in service design projects

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-Tzu Lin
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Service Design ◽  
Social Aspect ◽  
Design Rationale ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Creation Process ◽  
Design Information ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Design Projects ◽  
Is Design

PurposeDesign rationale is design information that explains why an entity is designed as it is. This paper investigates how the documentation process and the use of documents in service design projects influence the reuse of design information across projects.Design/methodology/approachThis study analyzes two sets of data collected through interviews and field observation. It first applied Lund's (2004) four elements of documentation process to categorize the collected data. Then it used bottom-up data analysis approach to identify patterns of the documentation process.FindingsThe author speculates designers' focus on certain documents' social aspect instead of material aspect influences how they reuse design information across projects. Some documents are important because they represent a consensus, and some are important because of the document producers rather than its content. The author also found a similarity between economists and service designers by comparing the study results with Harper and Sellen's (1995) findings. Based on the comparison, the author concludes that detailed research reports are easily reusable across design projects. Finally, although the author observed that designers are using templates to explicate design rationale, the created content is not used across projects.Originality/valueThis study identifies six types of documents that are commonly created in service design projects, three types of producer involvement and three types of provisional design outcomes. It also provides two suggestions for designers to reuse design information across service design projects better and two implications for future study.

scholarly journals Opening statement

IDEA JOURNAL ◽  
1969 ◽  
pp. 4-5
Author(s):  
Marina Lommerse
Keyword(s):  
Interior Design ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Architecture Education ◽  
Interior Architecture ◽  
Inaugural Meeting ◽  
South Wales ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Royal Melbourne Institute ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
The University

Interested Australian universities with Interior Design/Interior Architecture degrees held an inaugural meeting in Sydney in 1996 to elicit interest in an association to advocate Interior Design/Interior Architecture education and research. In 1997 IDEA was formalised to encourage and support excellence in the discipline. This is the Inaugural publication of the annual ‘IDEA Referred Design Scheme’, one of the activities the IDEA committee promotes. Participating universities include: Curtin University of Technology, Queensland College of Art, Queensland University of Technology, Northern Territory University, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, University of New South Wales, University of South Australia and the University of Technology Sydney.

scholarly journals Implementing Mechatronics Design Methodology in Mechanical Engineering Technology Senior Design Projects at Old Dominion University

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vukica Jovanovic ◽  
Jennifer Michaeli ◽  
Otilia Popescu ◽  
Moustafa Moustafa ◽  
Mileta Tomovic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Engineering Technology ◽  
Senior Design ◽  
Old Dominion University ◽  
Design Projects
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