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MATERIALIZING CULTURE
Author(s) -
Waymire Gary,
Barry Michael,
Hall Robert C.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
design management journal (former series)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1948-7169
pISSN - 1045-7194
DOI - 10.1111/j.1948-7169.1995.tb00433.x
Subject(s) - sociology , process (computing) , engineering ethics , epistemology , computer science , engineering , philosophy , operating system
ONE OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT contributions designers can make to the innovation process is a creative investigation of culture, both as strategy and as input to the development of specific products. Gary Waymire, Michael Barry and Robert C. Hall are convinced, however, that such analysis must get beyond preconceptions. Here, they comment on five books they believe are particularly helpful in expanding a designer's critical ability to interpret culture.