The Designer's Guide to Doing Research: Applying Knowledge to Inform Design

by Sally Augustin, Cindy Coleman

Overview

Organized to follow the workflow of an architect or interior designer, this book introduces tools for busy practitioners to find and apply research for their design projects. Tools for planning, executing, and ultilizing research are presented in an easily followed format along with case studies, sources, and applications. While other books on design research are written by PhD-level researchers for an academic setting, this book offers an accessible format specifically for practitioners.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781118103807
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	11/29/2011
Sold by:	JOHN WILEY & SONS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	336
File size:	19 MB
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About the Author

SALLY AUGUSTIN, PHD, is a practicing environmental psychologist, a principal at Design with Science, and the editor of Research Design Connections. She is regularly invited to speak at schools, research institutions, conferences, and on National Public Radio. Sally is the author of Place Advantage: Applied Psychology for Interior Architecture (Wiley). Learn more about using environmental psychology at Sally’s websites, www.placecoach.com (for residential applications), www.designwithscience.com (for commercial applications), and www.researchdesignconnections.com.

CINDY COLEMAN is a design strategist with Gensler and the editor of the Interior Design Handbook of Professional Practice (published by Interior Design magazine and McGraw-Hill). She is an assistant professor in the Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Designed Objects Department at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a contributing editor to both Interior Design magazine and the Chicago chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA Chicago) journal, Chicago Architect.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments.

Foreword: Susan Szenasy, editor in chief, Metropolis Magazine.

Introduction.  Before You Do Design Research.

Chapter One. Researching: Context, Process and General Concepts.

Chapter Two. What to Learn.

Chapter Three. Project Initiation.

Chapter Four. Project Investigation.

Chapter Five. Project Integration.

Chapter Six. Project Implementation.

Chapter Seven. Maintaining a Database and Research Findings.

Chapter Eight Conclusion.

Chapter Nine. Sources of Information.

Index.

Editorial Reviews

"The author advises is on the best research techniques to use at each stage of the design process, with helpful chapters on research instruments, data collection techniques, and rules of thumb. With contributions from prominent design researchers, The Designer's Guide to Doing Research is an indispensable read for any student of design research who wants to spring into action." (Contract Magazine, June 2012)

"The book offers a tremendous assortment of research tools, ranging from finely-tuned versions of familiar client survey preference forms to plans for innovative on–site charrettes and keenly focused post–occupancy evaluations." (ArchNewsNow.com, February 2012)

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