Practical Design Based on Method (Fundamental Design Method)

Abstract

This chapter has three primary objectives:

• (1) To introduce a method of developing further the design skills possessed by senior practising designers, laying particular emphasis on the kind of learning environment which has been created for this purpose.

• (2) To outline some of the kinds of thought and feelings that a designer experiences during this development process in which formalized design projects are integrated with more traditional methods of designing.

• (3) To invite discussion on possible weaknesses in such learning processes and how they might be overcome, and on how their strengths might be further exploited — both in connection with designers of considerable experience, and those just entering the profession, whose level of skill will influence tremendously the pattern and quality of future civilization.