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What is the object of design?

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Giorgio De Michelis,

Giulio Jacucci,

Ina WagnerAuthors Info & Claims

CHI EA '12: CHI '12 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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https://doi.org/10.1145/2212776.2212780

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In this paper we reflect upon design at a conceptual level, discussing how creativity can be coupled with participation and experience, dialoguing with philosophers and social theorists, and looking for the experiential grounds of our understanding of the very nature of design. Three words: 'drawing', 'thing' and 'together', are at the center of our discourse. We propose a view of design as accessing, aligning, and navigating among the 'constituents' of the object of design. People interact with the object of design through its constituents. The object of design is to draw things together.

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What is the object of design?
1. Applied computing
  1. Computers in other domains
    1. Personal computers and PC applications
2. Social and professional topics

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