Academic design

Ilpo K. Koskinen; Kees Dorst

Academic design

Ilpo K. Koskinen^*, Kees Dorst

^*Corresponding author for this work

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This paper proposes to reshape the discussion design schools about the relationship of design practice to research. Many universities now have very successful design departments that educate high-level design practitioners. But the rapid growth of these departments, popular as they are with students, has meant that there has been very little time to step back and reflect on the nature and development of academic design in its new environment. Consequently, the formation of an academic design practice that can take its rightful place among other academic fields has been slow. In this paper we will propose a model of academic design and critically assess its qualities, as well as the challenges that lie ahead for this new species of academic design practitioner. The model builds on recent work dealing with forms of abduction in design, and on a few papers that describe the development of research programs at Aalto University.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED 15)
Subtitle of host publication	Human Behaviour in Design, Design Education
Editors	Christian Weber, Stephan Husung, Gaetano Cascini, Marco Cantamessa, Dorian Marjanovic, Monica Bordegoni
Publisher	The Design Society
Pages	227-234
Number of pages	8
Volume	11
ISBN (Print)	978-1-904670-74-2
Publication status	Published - 2015
Externally published	Yes
Event	20th International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED 2015 : DESIGN FOR LIFE - Politecnico Milano, Milan, Italy Duration: 27 Jul 2015 → 30 Jul 2015 Conference number: 20

Publication series

Name	Design Society
Publisher	The Design Society
Number	DS 80-11
ISSN (Print)	2220-4342

Conference

Conference	20th International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED 2015
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Milan
Period	27/07/15 → 30/07/15

Keywords

Abduction
Design practice
Design theory
Industrial design

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Koskinen, Ilpo K. ; Dorst, Kees. / Academic design. Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED 15): Human Behaviour in Design, Design Education. editor / Christian Weber ; Stephan Husung ; Gaetano Cascini ; Marco Cantamessa ; Dorian Marjanovic ; Monica Bordegoni. Vol. 11 The Design Society, 2015. pp. 227-234 (Design Society; DS 80-11).

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Koskinen, IK & Dorst, K 2015, Academic design. in C Weber, S Husung, G Cascini, M Cantamessa, D Marjanovic & M Bordegoni (eds), Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED 15): Human Behaviour in Design, Design Education. vol. 11, Design Society, no. DS 80-11, The Design Society, pp. 227-234, 20th International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED 2015 , Milan, Italy, 27/07/15.

Academic design. / Koskinen, Ilpo K.; Dorst, Kees.
Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED 15): Human Behaviour in Design, Design Education. ed. / Christian Weber; Stephan Husung; Gaetano Cascini; Marco Cantamessa; Dorian Marjanovic; Monica Bordegoni. Vol. 11 The Design Society, 2015. p. 227-234 (Design Society; No. DS 80-11).

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