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Ilpo Koskinen is a professor of design at Aalto University, Finland. John Zimmerman is a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, USA.

Known for: Design Research Through Practice: From the Lab, Field, and Showroom

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Design Research Through Practice: From the Lab, Field, and Showroom

Design Research Through Practice: From the Lab, Field, and Showroom

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This book introduces a practice-based approach to design research, emphasizing how designers generate knowledge through their creative work. It explores methods and case studies from design labs, fieldwork, and showrooms, showing how design can serve as a form of inquiry. The authors discuss how design research contributes to innovation and understanding in both academic and professional contexts.

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The Laboratory as a Site of Design Research

When we speak of the laboratory, many imagine white coats, microscopes, and a world of measurable precision. Yet in design, the lab takes a different, though equally rigorous, form. It becomes a studio — a place where ideas are built, tested, broken, and rebuilt in cycles that fuse creativity with s...

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The Field as a Site of Design Research

The field represents the world outside: messy, vibrant, and full of context. Here, design research intertwines with ethnography and participatory methods, seeking to understand people not as abstract users but as partners in meaning-making. To go into the field is to listen, observe, and learn — but...

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About Ilpo Koskinen, John Zimmerman, Thomas Binder, Johan Redström, Stephan Wensveen

Ilpo Koskinen is a professor of design at Aalto University, Finland. John Zimmerman is a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, USA. Thomas Binder is a professor at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Denmark. Johan Redström is a professor at Umeå Institute of Design, Sweden. Stephan Wensveen i...

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Ilpo Koskinen is a professor of design at Aalto University, Finland. John Zimmerman is a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, USA. Thomas Binder is a professor at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Denmark. Johan Redström is a professor at Umeå Institute of Design, Sweden. Stephan Wensveen is a professor at Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands.

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