DESIGN ISSUESPub Date : 2023-10-01DOI: 10.1162/desi_a_00737
John McCarthy;Peter Wright
{"title":"The Value of Experience-Centered Design to Responsible Software Design and Engineering","authors":"John McCarthy;Peter Wright","doi":"10.1162/desi_a_00737","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1162/desi_a_00737","url":null,"abstract":"In this conceptual article, we review experience-centered approaches to the design of personal digital interactive technologies, with a view to exploring how these approaches might be of value in understanding the experience-in-use and the responsible design of today's highly networked, data-rich, and ubiquitous software technologies. Experience-centered design research leans heavily on pragmatist philosophy for its conceptual underpinnings, particularly John Dewey's accounts of aesthetic experience and of inquiry. After reviewing this body of work, we argue that these foundations could be usefully extended to also include Dewey's approach to ethics as an empirical, situated act of moral imagination. In addition, we look to other researchers for perspectives that complement and extend Deweyan experiential pragmatics. In particular, we look to the ways in which Susan Leigh Star's account of socio-technical infrastructures and dialogical approaches to human relations together can provide important insights into the experience-in-use of today's digital infrastructure and can critically highlight issues of boundaries and privacy. We also offer pragmatic and methodological concepts that may be of value to the field of responsible software design and engineering.","PeriodicalId":51560,"journal":{"name":"DESIGN ISSUES","volume":"39 4","pages":"61-76"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71903421","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DESIGN ISSUESPub Date : 2023-10-01DOI: 10.1162/desi_a_00738
Brian Dixon
{"title":"Constructing a Reconstructed Philosophy: A Deweyan Philosophy-Through-Design","authors":"Brian Dixon","doi":"10.1162/desi_a_00738","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1162/desi_a_00738","url":null,"abstract":"This article works outward from John Dewey's proposals in the 1920s for a reconstruction in philosophy and considers this proposal in direct relation to recent advancements in design research practice. First, it explores the current level of design philosophy engagement and looks to Dewey's original reconstruction-in-philosophy proposals. Second, it examines the potential of positioning the methodological approach of research through design as a means by which a new design philosophy horizon may be traced. What is required, we propose, is the emergence of “designer philosophers”—those who design in relation to and with respect for philosophy.","PeriodicalId":51560,"journal":{"name":"DESIGN ISSUES","volume":"39 4","pages":"77-88"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71903468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DESIGN ISSUESPub Date : 2023-10-01DOI: 10.1162/desi_a_00734
Anna Rylander Eklund;Brian Dixon;Frithjof Wegener
{"title":"Pre-Reflection-in-Action: Rethinking Schön's Reflective Practice Through the “Habits of Design Artistry”","authors":"Anna Rylander Eklund;Brian Dixon;Frithjof Wegener","doi":"10.1162/desi_a_00734","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1162/desi_a_00734","url":null,"abstract":"This article examines Donald Schön's positioning of reflective practice in relation to design. In particular, the focus is directed toward his presentation of the acting–thinking relationship. Questioning this presentation we turn to the work of philosopher John Dewey, who acted as one of Schön's key inspirational sources. Here, we consider Dewey's presentation of thought-in-action, artistry, and importantly, habit. We argue that a wider referencing of this material—most especially the art–habits relationship—holds the potential to expand the Schönian presentation of design, providing the field with a more nuanced modeling of what it means both to design and to become a designer.","PeriodicalId":51560,"journal":{"name":"DESIGN ISSUES","volume":"39 4","pages":"9-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71903471","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DESIGN ISSUESPub Date : 2023-10-01DOI: 10.1162/desi_e_00733
Brian Dixon;Anna Rylander Eklund;Frithjof Wegener
{"title":"Introduction: Pragmatism, Dewey, and Design Inquiry","authors":"Brian Dixon;Anna Rylander Eklund;Frithjof Wegener","doi":"10.1162/desi_e_00733","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1162/desi_e_00733","url":null,"abstract":"This article introduces the special issue on Design Pragmatism and Design Inquiry by drawing attention to the key design-orientated principles found in pragmatism, detailing the content of the articles and, from this, mapping the direction for future research.","PeriodicalId":51560,"journal":{"name":"DESIGN ISSUES","volume":"39 4","pages":"3-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71903472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DESIGN ISSUESPub Date : 2023-10-01DOI: 10.1162/desi_a_00736
Ilpo Koskinen;Jodi Forlizzi;Katja Battarbee
{"title":"Expanding Pragmatism with Symbolic Interactionism: Recounting the Story of Two Frameworks","authors":"Ilpo Koskinen;Jodi Forlizzi;Katja Battarbee","doi":"10.1162/desi_a_00736","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1162/desi_a_00736","url":null,"abstract":"This article describes the story of pragmatism and its transformation into symbolic interactionism at Carnegie Mellon University and Aalto University. In both universities, design researchers were interested in user experience in interactive systems. John Dewey's pragmatism taught them to study how experience sometimes transforms into an experience and occasionally into stories. Herbert Blumer's interactionism had its roots in Chicago School sociology, and it developed in association with pragmatism. His interactionism gave these researchers tools to study Dewey's concepts empirically. We show in the article how this theoretical connection came about after 2000 and how it has shaped research programs in these two communities since then. We also discuss the relevance of pragmatism and interactionism in our current technological landscape, dominated by social media and artificial intelligence.","PeriodicalId":51560,"journal":{"name":"DESIGN ISSUES","volume":"39 4","pages":"49-60"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71903475","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DESIGN ISSUESPub Date : 2023-07-01DOI: 10.1162/desi_a_00726
Dina Lutfi
{"title":"The Design Problem Revisited","authors":"Dina Lutfi","doi":"10.1162/desi_a_00726","DOIUrl":"10.1162/desi_a_00726","url":null,"abstract":"The terms “problem and solution” are omnipresent the world over in various design disciplines and designers often position themselves as problem solvers. Through a rigorous exploration of different perspectives on the problem-solution model and its impact, this article revisits how designers define, perceive, and consequently practice design. It closely explores how frequently propagated terminology and perceptions can impact designers and their work—educationally and professionally. The article also presents alternative approaches to thinking about and practicing design.","PeriodicalId":51560,"journal":{"name":"DESIGN ISSUES","volume":"39 3","pages":"60-71"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44935065","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DESIGN ISSUESPub Date : 2023-07-01DOI: 10.1162/desi_a_00723
J. Igor Fardin
{"title":"The Politics of Play: Ugo La Pietra's Design Without Ends","authors":"J. Igor Fardin","doi":"10.1162/desi_a_00723","DOIUrl":"10.1162/desi_a_00723","url":null,"abstract":"This article investigates the potential of play for design practice and theory. First, drawing on the works of linguist Emile Benveniste and philosopher Giorgio Agamben, I propose a theoretical understanding of play as an act capable of suspending and deactivating means-end relations. Second, I articulate what this deactivating potential of play entails for the field of design through close readings of a series of works by Italian architect, artist, and designer Ugo La Pietra. In doing so, I uncover the politics that this deactivation within design seems to point towards—a politics of play.","PeriodicalId":51560,"journal":{"name":"DESIGN ISSUES","volume":"39 3","pages":"19-29"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46522699","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DESIGN ISSUESPub Date : 2023-07-01DOI: 10.1162/desi_a_00725
Özgün Dilek;Cigdem Kaya
{"title":"A Promising Break in the “Black Box”: Agency of Competencies and Interpretation in Istanbul Maker Ecologies","authors":"Özgün Dilek;Cigdem Kaya","doi":"10.1162/desi_a_00725","DOIUrl":"10.1162/desi_a_00725","url":null,"abstract":"This article reflects an inquiry into the agency in Istanbul maker ecologies by employing phenomenological research through the perspective of Actor-Network Theory. The originally generated onto-phenomenological approach in this article attributes agency to the competencies and the interpretation. Socioeconomic effects that emerged as an outcome of the agency in maker-thing assemblages are reflected as a part of this inquiry. Agency in local maker practices is exposed to show how they are different from the global maker movement through the criticism of it in the discussion.","PeriodicalId":51560,"journal":{"name":"DESIGN ISSUES","volume":"39 3","pages":"45-59"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41253426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}