INNOVATION: Spring 2010

Design Research

Guest Editor: Marty Gage, IDSA

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Here is the table of contents for Spring 2010 issue of INNOVATION. Articles highlighted in red are available to anyone as PDFs.

DESIGN RESEARCH

  • Users Take the Lead: Beyond Ethnography
    by Marty Gage, IDSA, Guest Editor
  • Beyond Observation: Leveraging User Expertise Through Participatory Design
    by Mariah Levitt and Scott Richards
  • Turning Data Into Insight: Seeing the Future Through Insight Translation
    by Chris Rockwell, IDSA and Spencer Murrell, IDSA
  • ModeMapping: Bridging the Communication Gap Between Researchers & Designers
    by Ron Pierce
  • Testing: A Formative Component of Design Thinking
    by Sudhir Bhatia
  • A Pattern Perspective: Making the Qualitative Quantitative
    by Laura Seargeant Richardson and Erin M. Sanders
  • The Magic of Mining the Gaps: Unearthing Opportunities and Creating Designs that Connect
    by Barbara Mackintosh
  • Q&A
    • Procter & Gamble
    • Sony
    • GE Healthcare
    • Diebold
    • Hewlett-Packard

FEATURES

  • Auto Visions: 2009 LA Auto Show
    by Joan Gregor
  • Strategically Lean: Getting the Most Out of Your IP Budget in Today’s Economy
    by Marshall J. Brown, Affiliate IDSA
  • Resourceful Beauty: Cross-Cultural Design Inspiration
    by Tony T. Kawanari, IDSA

IN EVERY ISSUE

  • From the Executive Editor
    by Alistair Hamilton, IDSA
  • Letters
  • Commentary
    by Tom Devlin, IDSA
  • Book Review
    by Mark Dziersk, FIDSA
  • A Look Back
    by Carroll Gantz, FIDSA
  • Open Call: Consumer Electronics
  • This is a Design Challenge
    by Budd Steinhilber, FIDSA