Framing under power asymmetries: A cross-level examination of the early-stage product design process

IF 3.2 1区工程技术 Q2 ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING

Design Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI:10.1016/j.destud.2024.101250

Wenlin Zhang, Jin Ma

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Abstract

Real-world design projects often involve designers and non-design professionals from the same or different organisations. Power asymmetries permeate such projects. However, prevailing design research implicitly assumes that framing—an essential practice that pervades the design process—unfolds within relatively equitable interpersonal negotiations. The dynamics in framing across the individual and collective levels under power asymmetric conditions remain largely underexplored. We conducted a cross-level analysis of 48 early-stage product design sessions, drawing on a field study conducted at a design consultancy. Our findings reveal how power asymmetries infiltrate and shape frame evolution, starting from individual proposals to eventual collective acceptance. This research extends framing theory in design research by reconceptualising framing as a power-laden, cross-level practice.

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权力不对称下的框架设计：对早期产品设计过程的跨层次研究

现实世界中的设计项目往往涉及来自相同或不同组织的设计师和非设计专业人员。权力不对称在这些项目中随处可见。然而，普遍的设计研究隐含地假定，构思--一种贯穿设计过程的重要实践--是在相对公平的人际谈判中展开的。在权力不对称的条件下，个人和集体层面的构思动态在很大程度上仍未得到充分探索。我们利用在一家设计咨询公司进行的实地研究，对 48 个早期产品设计环节进行了跨层次分析。我们的研究结果揭示了权力不对称是如何渗透和塑造框架演变的，从个人提议到最终的集体接受。这项研究将框架重新概念化为一种充满权力的跨层次实践，从而扩展了设计研究中的框架理论。

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来源期刊

Design Studies 工程技术-工程：制造

CiteScore

8.60

自引率

20.00%

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审稿时长

40 days

期刊介绍： Design Studies is a leading international academic journal focused on developing understanding of design processes. It studies design activity across all domains of application, including engineering and product design, architectural and urban design, computer artefacts and systems design. It therefore provides an interdisciplinary forum for the analysis, development and discussion of fundamental aspects of design activity, from cognition and methodology to values and philosophy. Design Studies publishes work that is concerned with the process of designing, and is relevant to a broad audience of researchers, teachers and practitioners. We welcome original, scientific and scholarly research papers reporting studies concerned with the process of designing in all its many fields, or furthering the development and application of new knowledge relating to design process. Papers should be written to be intelligible and pertinent to a wide range of readership across different design domains. To be relevant for this journal, a paper has to offer something that gives new insight into or knowledge about the design process, or assists new development of the processes of designing.