Full Description
Solving Critical Design Problems demonstrates both how design is increasingly used to solve large, complex, modern-day problems and, as a result, how the role of the designer continues to develop in response. With 13 case studies from various fields, including program and product design, Tania Allen shows how types of design thinking, such as systems thinking, metaphorical thinking, and empathy, can be used together with methods, such as brainstorming, design fiction, and prototyping. This book helps you find ways out of your design problems by giving you other ways to look at your ideas, so that your designs make sense in their setting.
Solving Critical Design Problems encourages a design approach that challenges assumptions and allows designers to take on a more critical and creative role. With over 100 images, this book will appeal to students in design studios, industrial and product design, as well as landscape and urban design.
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction: Defining the Drivers of Design Theory and Practice
Part 1: Design and Usability: If a Design Falls in the Forest...
Chapter 2: From Universal to Individual Experiences
Chapter 3: Experiential and Adaptive Design Thinking
Chapter 4: Design as Dialogue: Case Studies of Experiential Design Thinking
Part 2: Design and Technology: Not If, But When
Chapter 5: Reciprocity and Impact
Chapter 6: Networked Design Thinking
Chapter 7: Visualizing the Invisible: Case Studies of Networked Design Thinking
Part 3: Design and Sustainability: Killing Messengers
Chapter 8: Paradigm Shifts: Designing Resilient Systems
Chapter 9: Ecological Design Thinking
Chapter 10: Creating Resilient Futures: Case Studies of Ecological Design Thinking
Part 4: Design and Morality: Do the Right Thing
Chapter 11: Making change, Design as Moral Mediator
Chapter 12: Narrative Design Thinking
Chapter 13: Creating Stories Together: Case Studies of Narrative Design Thinking
Chapter 14: Putting it All Together—Design Futures
