INNOVATION: Winter 2012

Designing Understanding

Guest Editor: Stephen B. Wilcox, FIDSA

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Here is the table of contents for the 2012 Winter issue, which focuses on design research. Articles highlighted in red are available to anyone as PDFs.

DESIGNING UNDERSTANDING

  • Design Research Has Come a Long Way
    by Stephen B. Wilcox, FIDSA, Guest Editor
  • Use-Centered Design in the New World of Complex Design Problems
    by Charles L. Mauro, IDSA
  • Design and Understanding: My Relationship with Karen
    by Dan Formosa
  • Designer-Friendly User-Research Methods
    by Michael McCoy, IDSA
  • The Renaissance of User-Interface Design
    by Michael Wiklund
  • Designing with People
    by Jeremy Myerson
  • Wicked Problems: Design Approaches in Complex Health-Care Scenarios
    by Alastair S. Macdonald
  • Six Subversions of User-Centered Design
    by Graham Pullin
  • To Let: No Mutants, Murderers or Monsters
    by Dave Bramston, I/IDSA

FEATURES

  • Expressing Brand Through a Product
    by Beyond Design Inc.
  • Designing Emotion: Bringing Experiences to Life
    by Jill Klegin, IDSA and Danielle Caldwell, IDSA
  • Creating a Mindset for Innovation
    by Paul Skaggs, IDSA; Richard Fry, IDSA and Geoff Wright