Design as conversation with digital materials

DEARDEN, Andy (2006). Design as conversation with digital materials. Design studies, 27 (3), 399-421.

[img]
Preview
PDF
fulltext.pdf

Download (1MB) | Preview
Link to published version:: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.destud.2005.11.004

Abstract

This paper explores Donald Schön's concept of design as a conversation with materials, in the context of designing digital systems. It proposes material utterance as a central event in designing. A material utterance is a situated communication act that depends on the particularities of speaker, audience, material and genre.

The paper argues that, if digital designing differs from other forms of designing, then accounts for such differences must be sought by understanding the material properties of digital systems and the genres of practice that surround their use. Perspectives from human-computer interaction (HCI) and the psychology of programming are used to examine how such an understanding might be constructed.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Copyright © Elsevier B.V.
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: Cultural Communication and Computing Research Institute > Communication and Computing Research Centre
Departments - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: Faculty of Science, Technology and Arts > Department of Computing
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.destud.2005.11.004
Page Range: 399-421
Depositing User: Ann Betterton
Date Deposited: 16 Jan 2008
Last Modified: 18 Mar 2021 04:39
URI: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/16

Actions (login required)

View Item View Item

Downloads

Downloads per month over past year

View more statistics