Author
İlhan, Işıl Oygür
Publication Date
2018-01
Publication Place
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Elsevier
Subject
User-centred design, Design knowledge, Design research, Design processes, Case studies
Type
Periodical
Language
English
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Özyeğin University
Library Asset ID
0142-694X
Record ID
fef62c60-5987-4e25-a82b-b1ed5e08515a
Library Location
Industrial Design
Date
2018-01
Notes
Due to copyright restrictions, the access to the full text of this article is only available via subscription.
Sample Text
A multiple case study was conducted to investigate the machineries of designers' user knowledge production at six design consultancies in the Northwestern USA in domains of architecture, industrial design, and interaction design. Karin Knorr Cetina's theory of epistemic cultures was utilised as the theoretical lens. The findings indicate that the user is not a given; instead, the user is a constructed phenomenon in design. The design process is characterised by the deconstruction and reconstruction of the user information and of experiential information, implemented to meet the epistemic needs of designers. User representations are used as the liminal knowledge. Designers manipulated this knowledge in order to narrow down the artefact to be designed.
DOI
10.1016/j.destud.2017.10.002
Cilt
54
