Design Research is an area that is both current and growing, but texts on the subjects are in short supply. This book is a response to the vitality of discussion within journals and at conferences, and it intends to place Design Research in its rightful place at the heart of studio-based education and practice.

Offering a valuable context within which to understand the educational needs and aspirations of the designer, Becoming Designers is also a vital resource for students in this field, whose access to books on the subject is currently very limited.

preface

ud2k – designing the design student

Stuart Mealing

design for life: the lasting contribution of William Morris

John Astley

design praxis: towards a design context rooted in design practice

Kevin McCullagh

intelligent shape sorting

Esther Dudley

educating the multimedia designer

Stephen Boyd Davis

designing women: gender issues in graphic design education

Erica Matlow


what tangled webs we weave

Mike Hope

designers’ perception of development – development’s perception of design

Mirjam Southwall

globalisation

Stuart Durant

interview with a designer on becoming a designer

Richard Hill

‘ethical design’: the end of graphic design?

Alex Cameron

toward more ambitious agendas

Gerard Mermoz