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Course syllabus - Design Research

Scope

7.5 credits

Course code

ITE261

Valid from

Autumn semester 2024

Education level

First cycle

Progressive Specialisation

G1F (First cycle, has less than 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements)

Main area(s)

Information Design

School

School of Innovation, Design and Engineering

Ratified

2024-01-18

Literature lists

Course literature is preliminary up to 8 weeks before course start. Course literature can be valid over several semesters.

    • Ratified date: 2025-05-15
    • Latest update: 2025-05-27

    Books

    Design

    LIBRIS-ID: 18458902

    URL: Tillgänglig för användare inom Mälardalens högskola

    Birkhäuser,

    Gray, Carole

    Visualizing research [electronic resource] : a guide to the research process in art and design / Carole Gray and Julian Malins

    ISBN: 9780754680017

    LIBRIS-ID: ft8c6nv0c5cgfqtz

    URL: Bibliotekets e-bok/Library e-book

    Mandatory

    Hanington, Bruce M.; Martin, Bella

    The pocket universal methods of design: 125 ways to research complex problems, develop innovative ideas, and design effective solutions

    ISBN: 9780760372142

    LIBRIS-ID: 3hs5n0nd1w5707bg

    URL: Bibliotekets e-bok/Library e-book

    Revised and expanded edition., Beverly, Rockport Publishers, 1 volume

    Meggs, Philip B.; Purvis, Alston W.

    Meggs' history of graphic design

    ISBN: 9781119136200

    LIBRIS-ID: 19470438

    URL: Tillgänglig för användare inom Mälardalens högskola

    6. ed., Hoboken, Wiley, PDF (x, 680 s.)

    Gal, Michalle; Ventura, Jonathan

    Introduction to design theory: philosophy, critique, history and practice

    ISBN: 9781032106175

    LIBRIS-ID: k2xb0zpnhd4cwsg7

    Abingdon, Oxon, Routledge, 274 sidor

    Parsons, Glenn

    The philosophy of design

    ISBN: 9780745663890

    LIBRIS-ID: 18120331

    Cambridge, Polity, viii, 192 s.

    Vermaas, Pieter E.; Vial, Stéphane

    Advancements in the philosophy of design

    ISBN: 9783319733029

    LIBRIS-ID: 22538444

    Cham, Springer International Publishing, PDF (vii, 564 pages)

    Articles

    Asplund, Karl

    "Introduction", i s.1-9, i The Design Process

    New York: Fairchild Publications Inc.,

    Bjereld, U. Et al.,

    "Tillvägagångssätt", i Varför vetenskap

    Lund: Studentlitteratur,

    Cross, N.

    Designerly Ways of Knowing

    London: Springer,

    Flusser, V., Weimarck, T. (red.),

    "Om sakernas tillstånd", i Design och konst: texter om gränser och överskridanden, del 2, Texter efter 1960

    Stockholm: Raster Förlag.,

    Frayling, C.

    Research in Art and Design

    .,

    Molander, Bengt

    Kunskap i handling

    ISBN: 9789171730398

    LIBRIS-ID: 8371253

    2., omarb. uppl., Göteborg, Daidalos, 286 s.

    "Designtänkande", i Ilstedt, S., Harvard, Å. Under ytan: En antologi om designforskning.

    Stockholm: Raster,

    Other Materials

    Ytterligare artiklar kan komma att läggas till via Canvas.

    .,

Grade

Three-grade scale