Exposing charities to design-led approaches through design research [PDF]
This paper discusses the value of using design research to expose Voluntary Community Sector (VCS) organisations to design-led approaches. The discussion is based on the findings from two qualitative, exploratory doctoral inquiries into the relevance and applicability of adopting a Design for Service (DfS) approach to effect transformation in VCS ...
Warwick, Laura, Djaelani, Robert
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Decolonising design practices and research in unceded Australia: reframing design-led research methods [PDF]
Much of design teaching, learning and research in Australia is determined by Eurocentric traditions and the ongoing colonial project. In this context Indigenous Peoples continue to experience erasure, silencing and appropriation of practices and knowledges.
Caroline Donnellan +2 more
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A design-led framework for engaged research: Using a design approach to understand and place the public at the core of health and social care [PDF]
Abstract This paper offers a multi-perspective approach on the role of engaged research in health and social care. Each of the authors focuses on their individual experiences of this domain, from the perspective of an academic partner of the Health Research Board’s PPI Ignite programme, a CEO of an umbrella organisation for health ...
Galvin, Mary +2 more
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Perpetual plastic for food to go: a design‐led approach to polymer research
AbstractThere is both an increasing awareness and concern that human activity is responsible for the climate crisis. The role of polymers within this narrative is not always clear, but by industries engaging in linear economic systems there will always be a need for new plastic production, and the associated planetary cost that comes with it, to meet ...
Garrath T Wilson +4 more
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Implementing 5D BIM on construction projects: Contractor perspectives from the UK construction sector [PDF]
This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by Emerald in Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology on 09/05/2020: https://doi.org/10.1108/JEDT-01-2020-0007 The accepted version of the publication may differ from the final published ...
Heesom, David +2 more
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Design led innovation to rejuvenate local food systems and healthy communities: An emerging research agenda [PDF]
Food Sovereignty (food freedom) is about empoweing people to develop their own local food system. Food Sovereignty challenges designers to enable people to innovate the local food system, rather than having a food system which is dictated by corporate interests and failed business ethics [1]. Communities are realising the potential for design to assist
Ballantyne-Brodie, E +3 more
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Exploring the Principles of Design for Disassembly through Design-led Research
Abstract The construction industry is responsible for a significant portion of the solid waste that industrialised nations dispose of each year. One reason for this is the low rates of reuse and recycling, largely due to the difficulties in deconstructing buildings and an inability to easily separate materials and components.
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Broadening design-led education horizons: conceptual insights and future research directions
Design as an overarching pedagogical framework has been regarded by some as the avenue to re-envision general education to develop capabilities required for twenty-first century citizens. However, despite the adoption of design thinking within other domains, generic design-based education for lifelong learning remains largely unexplored.
Wright, Natalie, Wrigley, Cara
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<p>Successful design for culturally-diverse communities hinges on a nuanced understanding of the cultural environment; building trusting relationships and fostering a respectful approach to community. This paper discusses the application of design-led research with a participatory mind-set and maintains that while a collaborative ...
Jacqueline McIntosh, Bruno Marques
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The Importance of Collaborative Designed-led Research for Culturally Diverse Communities
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