Open AccessDesign as a systemic activity: Elements of problem interpretation in the construction of training models in design education
Author(s) -
A. Penati
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
strategic design research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 3
ISSN - 1984-2988
DOI - 10.4013/sdrj.2010.31.04
Subject(s) - design education , process (computing) , upstream (networking) , product design , interpretation (philosophy) , training (meteorology) , design process , product (mathematics) , engineering design process , set (abstract data type) , knowledge management , process management , focus (optics) , product innovation , computer science , design technology , engineering , systems engineering , business , operations management , work in process , mathematics , mechanical engineering , computer network , physics , geometry , optics , meteorology , advertising , programming language , operating system
Based on the ongoing reorganisation of design studies at the\udDesign Faculty at Politecnico di Milano, this article explores\udprocesses of training for design activities, with particular focus\udon instances where the design project is a complex system\udin which the fi nal product (whether physical or immaterial)\udis considerably less signifi cant than the set of practices and\uddynamics that exist both upstream and downstream of the\udprocess of defi ning that product. The focus is in particular on\udidentifying innovation potential that emerges during the initial\udphase of the design process – commonly defi ned as The\udFront End of Innovation – in an attempt to defi ne a profi le of a\uddesign graduate with competences that can be applied in this\udphase of the innovation process