What is design research? How will you experiment and explore? What could your outcomes be? How will you present your work? What is your research question?
When we consider the relationship between design and research, we can see design as a social as well as a material practice.
To be a reflexive researcher is to understand that the position of the researcher shapes the nature of the research.
How will you experiment and explore? What could your outcomes be? How will you present your work? What is your research question?
Material experimentation
Craft Electronics Woodwork Glass Ceramics Printmaking Etching Claymation Origami Found objects
Photography Embroidery Textiles Natural objects Light Shadow Coding 3D Modeling Cut-outs Cyanotypes
What is design research? How will you experiment and explore? What could your outcomes be? How will you present your work? What is your research question?
Outcome examples
Static Book Zine Poster Leaflet Fold-out Postcard Banner Flip-book Newspaper
Spatial AR Projection Exhibition Installation Product Wayfinding Mapping Visual journey Time-lapse Stop motion Video Animation Documentary
Sensory Sound Tactile elements Immersive Sensory ability / challenges
Choose one from each category and produce an outcome to a professional standard
What is design research? How will you experiment and explore? What could your outcomes be? How will you present your work? What is your research question?
