Design is inextricably interwoven with all aspects of life and has even produced its own astonishing genre of research. Design research opens up new perspective

Design has long expressed and established itself as an independent research competence – a fact that also companies, institutions and politicians have come to

Design affects all social contexts and is therefore intensively instrumentalized both by the politically powerful and their critics. Both functions of design, a

Bringing together contributors from Europe, North America and Australia, this book questions the purpose and outcomes of speculation in practical settings. In t

Design Research uses scientific methods to evaluate designs and build design theories. This book starts with recognizable questions in Design Research, such as