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Making Design Theory

Johan Redstrom • MIT Press • ISBN 9780262036658

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Making Design Theory

Johan Redstrom • MIT Press • ISBN-13 9780262036658

ISBN-10 0262036657 • 2017

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ISBN 9780262036658 • Completeness 48

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By Johan Redström A new approach to theory development for practice-driven research, proposing that theory is something made in and through design. Tendencies toward “academization” of traditionally practice-based fields have forced design to articulate itself as an academic discipline, in theoretical terms.

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Publisher: MIT Press
Sep 01, 2017
Pages: 192

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Contributor: Johan Redström

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Category: Culture And TheoryCategory: Design EducationCategory: Design MethodologyCategory: PhilosophyCategory: Philosophy Of DesignCategory: Practice-Based ResearchCategory: PublicationCategory: TeleologyCategory: Academization Of Design

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