What is the object of design?
CHI'12 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2012•dl.acm.org
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 …
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 …
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.