Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Why Is Design Important?
An Introduction
Although design is as old as the human race itself, pervades our lives, and is fundamental to many different disciplines, the concept “design” is often vaguely defined, and the way in which it is understood and applied within these various disciplines diverges substantially. Design is a commonly shared key component for many diverse disciplines such as science, engineering, management and architecture – to name just a few. For example, there is system design in engineering, algorithm design in computer science, process design in management, creative design in architecture, and self-organizational design in biology. However within these fields the way in which design is understood and utilized differs significantly. Design research, including design science and design methodologies, is a wide and comprehensive field based on both expertise and formulated terminologies that are specific to a discipline. Even though research on design can be traced back to the early 1960s, it currently needs extensive research, now more than ever. The design methods developed in the 1960s and research into artificial intelligence in the 1980s provided some advances, but they did not have a significant practical impact. The fundamentals and principles of design are relatively little understood. Surprisingly, little effort has been made to investigate either the fundamental issues or the foundations of design and to formulate specific criteria to establish it as an extensive scientific concept and discipline in its own right. For instance, in some specific engineering disciplines, such as user interface design, handbooks with detailed design instructions do exist already. However, a holistic understanding of design would enable completely new perspectives of and approaches to diverse disciplines, including those of architecture, engineering, management, and natural science. Until now, the potential of merging knowledge from various disciplines has only rarely been investigated.
Why Is Design Important?
An Introduction
Although design is as old as the human race itself, pervades our lives, and is fundamental to many different disciplines, the concept “design” is often vaguely defined, and the way in which it is understood and applied within these various disciplines diverges substantially. Design is a commonly shared key component for many diverse disciplines such as science, engineering, management and architecture – to name just a few. For example, there is system design in engineering, algorithm design in computer science, process design in management, creative design in architecture, and self-organizational design in biology. However within these fields the way in which design is understood and utilized differs significantly. Design research, including design science and design methodologies, is a wide and comprehensive field based on both expertise and formulated terminologies that are specific to a discipline. Even though research on design can be traced back to the early 1960s, it currently needs extensive research, now more than ever. The design methods developed in the 1960s and research into artificial intelligence in the 1980s provided some advances, but they did not have a significant practical impact. The fundamentals and principles of design are relatively little understood. Surprisingly, little effort has been made to investigate either the fundamental issues or the foundations of design and to formulate specific criteria to establish it as an extensive scientific concept and discipline in its own right. For instance, in some specific engineering disciplines, such as user interface design, handbooks with detailed design instructions do exist already. However, a holistic understanding of design would enable completely new perspectives of and approaches to diverse disciplines, including those of architecture, engineering, management, and natural science. Until now, the potential of merging knowledge from various disciplines has only rarely been investigated.
Why Is Design Important?
An Introduction
X.media.publishing
Konsorski-Lang, Silke (Herausgeber:in) / Hampe, Michael (Herausgeber:in) / Konsorski-Lang, Silke (Autor:in) / Hampe, Michael (Autor:in)
18.01.2010
16 pages
Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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