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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