1. Design Studies /
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L.Galli
(2011-2013)
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3. Design
(Progetto)
Designing
(Progettazione)

4. What is designing?
(John Chris Jones opening question
in Design Methods, 1970-1992)
see J.C.Jones, Design Methods, Wiley 1970-1992

5. A goal-directed
problem-solving activity
Bruce Archer 1965
Quoted by John Chris Jones, Design Methods, Wiley 1970-1992

6. A plan for arranging
elements in such a way
as to best accomplish
a particular purpose
Charles Eames 1972
see J. & M. Neuhart, Eames Design. The work of the office of Charles and Ray Eames, Abrams 1989

7. Changing
existing situations
into preferred ones
Herbert Simon
The Sciences of the Artificial
1969
see H. Simon, The Sciences of the Artificial, MIT Press (1969)1996

8. A creative activity - it
involves bringing into being
something new and useful
that has not existed
previously
J.B. Reswick 1965
Quoted by John Chris Jones, Design Methods, Wiley 1970-1992

9. The imaginative jump
from present facts
to future possibilities
J.K. Page 1966
Quoted by John Chris Jones, Design Methods, Wiley 1970-1992

10. Design problems are
“indeterminate” and wicked”
because design has no special
subject matter of its own apart from
what a designer conceives it to be
R.Buchanan
Wicked Problems
in Design Thinking 1992
see Clark-Brody (ed. by), Design Studies, Berg, 2009

11. [Wicked problems are a] class of
social system problems which are
ill-formulated, where the information
is confusing, where there are many
clients and decision makers with
conflicting values, and where the
ramifications in the whole system
are thoroughly confusing
C. West Churchman 1967
see R.Buchanan, Wicked Problems in Design Thinking, in Clark-Brody (ed. by), Design Studies, Berg, 2009

12. There exists a designerly way of
thinking and communicating
Bruce Archer
1979
Quoted by Nigel Cross, Forty Years of Design Research, Design Research Quarterly, 2007

13. Designing is learning - with
yourself and the world
as the teacher
J.C. Jones
Design Methods for Everyone
Softopia (2001)2009
http://www.softopia.demon.co.uk/2.2/designmethodsforeveryone.html

14. To shape and make our
environment in ways without
precedent in nature,
to serve our needs and
give meaning to our lives
J.Heskett
Toothpicks and logos 2002
J.Heskett, Toothpicks and logos. Design in Everyday life, Oxford University Press, 2002

15. (...) design does not signify
a class of objects that
can be pinned down
like butterflies
Victor Margolin
Design History and
Design Studies 2002
see Clark-Brody (ed. by), Design Studies, Berg, 2009

16. How (...) can we establish
a body of knowledge about
something that has
no fixed identity?
V.Margolin
Design History and Design
Studies 2002
see Clark-Brody (ed. by), Design Studies, Berg, 2009

17. The history of design
in the twentieth century
shows us that designers (...)
have invented the subject
matter of their profession
as they go along
V.Margolin
Design History and
Design Studies 2002
see Clark-Brody (ed. by), Design Studies, Berg, 2009

18. Today, design is a category
beyond categories
Peter Lunenfeld
The Design Cluster 2003
see B.Laurel (ed. by), Design Research, MIT Press, 2003

19. The real difficulty in design
is the designer!
(I remember Charles Eames
saying that in a lecture)
J.C. Jones
Design Methods for Everyone
Softopia 2003
http://www.softopia.demon.co.uk/2.2/designmethodsforeveryone.html

20. Design is both the insanely radical
and the passionately incremental
John Maeda
GigaOM blog post 2012
http://gigaom.com/2012/10/06/design-is-both-the-insanely-radical-and-the-passionately-incremental/

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