“Design research” means different things to different people.
We illuminate the three faces of design research: research for, into, and through design.
We explain what you must know, in order to understand and conduct design research for both academic and product design purposes.
Books
• Creative Confidence by Tom Kelley and David Kelley — https://link.amazon/B0aLEflhR
• Design Research Through Practice by Ilpo Koskinen, John Zimmerman, Thomas Binder, Johan Redström, and Stephan Wensveen — https://link.amazon/B02hdAQb6
• Designing Brand Identity by Alina Wheeler — https://link.amazon/B05VtjyFu
• Detail in Typography by Jost Hochuli — https://link.amazon/B0c8fMC8N
• Grid Systems in Graphic Design by Josef Müller-Brockmann — https://link.amazon/B09QDfCqB
• How To by Michael Bierut — https://link.amazon/B09ekRezB
• How to Fly a Horse by Kevin Ashton — https://link.amazon/B0e7hMVkZ
• Making and Breaking the Grid by Timothy Samara — https://link.amazon/B02VlF9na
• The Art of Innovation by Tom Kelley and Jonathan Littman — https://link.amazon/B0d9pzcYK
• The Ten Faces of Innovation by Tom Kelley and Jonathan Littman — https://link.amazon/B05BTtRPY
• Thinking with Type by Ellen Lupton — https://link.amazon/B0b8vLWbt
Articles and talks
• Andréa Mallard — High Resolution — https://highresolution.design/3-andrea-mallard
• Christopher Frayling — Research Through Design 2015 — https://vimeo.com/129775325
• Research in Art and Design by Christopher Frayling — https://researchonline.rca.ac.uk/384/3/frayling_research_in_art_and_design_1993.pdf
Tools and platforms
• Adobe — https://www.adobe.com
• Adobe Photoshop — https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html
• Behance — https://www.behance.net
• Canva — https://www.canva.com
• Figma — https://www.figma.com
• Gumroad — https://gumroad.com
• Microsoft Word — https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/word
• Notion — https://www.notion.so
• Squarespace — https://www.squarespace.com
• Webflow — https://webflow.com
Related episodes and articles
• Strategy and Tactics in Design — https://www.designdisciplin.com/p/strategy-and-tactics-in-design
• The Divide — https://www.designdisciplin.com/the-divide
Chapters
00:00 Intro
04:32 Research in Art and Design by Christopher Frayling
06:30 Research for design
12:53 Research into design
15:31 Research through design
20:20 Closing remarks
