Design Things offers an innovative view of design thinking and design practice; envisioning ways to combine creative design with a participatory approach encompassing aesthetic and democratic practices and values. The authors of Design Things look at design practice as a mode of inquiry that involves people; space; artifacts; materials; and aesthetic experience; following the process of transformation from a design concept to a thing. Design Things; which grew out of the Atelier (Architecture and Technology for Inspirational Living) research project; goes beyond the making of a single object to view design projects as sociomaterial assemblies of humans and artifacts--"design things." The book offers both theoretical and practical perspectives; providing empirical support for the authors conceptual framework with field projects; case studies; and examples from professional practice. The authors examine the dynamics of the design process; the multiple transformations of the object of design; metamorphing; performing; and taking place as design strategies; the concept of the design space as "emerging landscapes"; the relation between design and use; and the design of controversial things.
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