Designerly Ways of Knowing

1. Auflage. Softcover version of original hardcover Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-1-84996-573-6
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 114 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 207 g

A revised and edited collection of key parts of Professor Cross’s published work, this book offers a timeline of scholarship and research over the course of 25 years, and a resource for understanding how designers think and work. Coverage includes the nature and nurture of design ability; creative cognition in design; the natural intelligence of design; design discipline versus design science; and expertise in design.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cross, Nigel

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Konstruktionslehre und -technik
• Geisteswissenschaften Design Produktdesign, Industriedesign
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Produktionstechnik Fertigungstechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Designerly Ways of Knowing
The Nature and Nurture of Design Ability
Natural and Artificial Intelligence in Design
Creative Cognition in Design I: The Creative Leap
Creative Cognition in Design II: Creative Strategies
Understanding Design Cognition
Design as a Discipline

Über Autor(innen)

Nigel Cross is Professor of Design Studies at the UK’s Open University and a leading international figure in the world of design research. With academic and practical backgrounds in architecture and industrial design, he has conducted research in computer-aided design, design methodology and design education since the nineteen-sixties. His current principal research interest is in design cognition, based on studies of expert and exceptional designers. He has been a member of the academic staff of the pioneering, multi-media Open University since 1970, where he has been responsible for, or instrumental in, a wide range of distance education courses in design and technology. For many years Professor Cross was Head of the Department of Design and Innovation at the Open University – a department with one of the strongest research records in Art and Design in the UK. Recent books by Professor Cross include the third edition of his successful textbook on (Wiley, 2000), and he has been a co-editor of books on , and . His total publications list includes more than 120 items, plus many Open University course texts, broadcasts, etc. Professor Cross is also Editor-in-Chief of the international journal of Design Studies.