Designing for the 21st Century: Interdisciplinary Questions and Insights - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0566087375 ISBN 13: 9780566087370

Publisher: Routledge, 2007

Synopsis

As we become familiar with the 21st century we can see that what we are designing is changing, new technologies support the creation of new forms of product and service, and new pressures on business and society demand the design of solutions to increasingly complex problems, sometimes local, often global in nature. Customers, users and stakeholders are no longer passive recipients of design, expectations are higher, and increased participation is often essential. This book explores these issues through the work of 21 research teams. Over a twelve-month period each of these groups held a series of workshops and events to examine different facets of future design activity as part of the UK's research council supported Designing for the 21st Century Research Initiative. Each of these 21 contributions describes the context of enquiry, the journey taken by the research team and key insights generated through discourse. Editor and Initiative Director, Tom Inns, provides an introductory chapter that suggests ways that the reader might navigate these different viewpoints.

About this title

About the Author

Professor Tom Inns is Director of the AHRC/EPSRC Designing for the 21st Century Research Initiative. He is Chair of Design at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee. He was formerly Director of the Design Research Centre, Brunel University, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0566087375
• ISBN 13: 9780566087370
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 342
• Editor: Inns Tom