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Designing is different from problem solving, though to design one must solve problems. Designs are not always works of art, though designing demands the exercise of creativity. And though the artifacts of engineers and of architects stand alone, ideally expressing something akin to an organic unity, most designs are the productions of groups of individuals with different interests and responsibilities. Our premise in researching design theory and methods is that the nature of designing requires an interdisciplinary approach.
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Schon, D.A., Bucciarelli, L.L. (1989). Design Theory and Methods — An Interdisciplinary Approach. In: Newsome, S.L., Spillers, W.R., Finger, S. (eds) Design Theory ’88. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3646-7_4
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