I have been working for a while on comparing the results from some very complex research studies of collaborative design in groups that span...
Author: Susan
The Potential of Interaction Design
While browsing and working on a recent paper, I mused on the missed opportunity of interaction design. Reading Terry Winograd’s (1997) From Computing Machinery...
August 5, 2010
Thank you, NSF!
I just filed the final project report for my Career Award yesterday, so I’d like to give my personal thanks to the good folks...
May 12, 2010
Chapter 1 of Book Available
Chapter 1 for the Improvising Design book has been uploaded. The first chapter discusses why we need better models and methods for design …...
May 11, 2010
Design as Bricolage.
The core problem of design is to use a problem-representation that can allow people to communicate the structures in their “mental jigsaw picture” to others.
April 12, 2010
Design as the Serendipity of Location
As I ruminate on design processes, I can’t help but reflect on the similarities between research methods, processes and outcomes, and design methods, processes...
November 27, 2009
Double Loop Learning in Design
Double-loop learning occurs when we question the values, assumptions and recipes-for-success that we typically apply to a situation. This type of paradigm-shift is essential...
September 10, 2009
Why The IKEA Font Matters
People have been commenting on the change of font used by IKEA for their catalogs since August, when the new catalog came out. IKEA...
September 5, 2009
Design as a trajectory of goal-definitions
The focus of IS design has moved “upstream” of the waterfall model, from technical design to the co-design of business-processes and IT systems. This...
August 27, 2009
Book Contents Now Available
Here is the Table of Contents for the my in-progress book: Title: Boundary-Spanning Design: How Information Systems Evolve Through Improvisation Contents (liable to change as...
August 20, 2009