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Ideasquares: Utilizing Generative Text As A Source Of Design Inspiration, Gyeongwon Yun, Kwangmin Cho, Yunwoo Jeong, Tek-Jin Nam
Ideasquares: Utilizing Generative Text As A Source Of Design Inspiration, Gyeongwon Yun, Kwangmin Cho, Yunwoo Jeong, Tek-Jin Nam
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Online searching tools are used for early design ideation. However, they tend to limit designers’ creativity due to direct visual feedback and lack of novelty. We pre-sent IdeaSquares, a design concept text generation tool for supporting the ideation process. We used text-generation artificial intelligence (AI) that was fine-tuned on the Red Dot design award winners’ data to show newly generated design examples as search results. To understand how young designers use concept text generation tool for the design ideation, we conducted a comparative user study where partici-pants used two versions, generative querying and conventional searching mode, of the tools during …
Activity Theory As A Framework For Understanding Framing Complexity Of Design Projects, Virginie Tessier, Mithra Zahedi
Activity Theory As A Framework For Understanding Framing Complexity Of Design Projects, Virginie Tessier, Mithra Zahedi
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With the growing complexity of design projects, framing is expanding in scope. We question how to describe and analyse the varied elements contributing to framing and aim at better understanding the complexity of framing design projects through activity awareness. Activity theory was mobilized as a Research through Design framework in a team of students to find answers to the question. First, the team mapped and reflected upon their project’s process over fifteen weeks. They then participated in the analysis of the collected data highlighting the contextual tensions of their experience. Their interpretation unveils the tensions emerging between the project’s central …
Designing Menstruation: An Examination Into The Influence Of Experiences On The Use Of Menstrual Products, Ihsan Kamil, Muireann Mcmahon
Designing Menstruation: An Examination Into The Influence Of Experiences On The Use Of Menstrual Products, Ihsan Kamil, Muireann Mcmahon
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This study examines the experiences of eight menstruators and the impact these experiences have had on their attitudes towards menstruation and menstrual products. Participants engaged in a virtual workshop and discussed their personal experiences, both positive and negative, their opinions on various menstrual products, and the impact their experiences had on their attitudes towards menstruation and menstrual products. The findings from this study were thematically coded, and the influence of experiences on product choices was subsequently discussed. The varying needs of participants were also highlighted and discussed. Additionally, this study has identified that existing menstrual products do not meet all …
Play At Work: Virtual Conferencing In Game Space, Zach Mason, Paul Coulton, David Green, Joseph Lindley
Play At Work: Virtual Conferencing In Game Space, Zach Mason, Paul Coulton, David Green, Joseph Lindley
DRS Biennial Conference Series
The Covid-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption of video conferencing, making it a prominent space that our work and social lives are lived within. For many this transition to virtual co-presence has been joyless, highlighting the shortcomings of mainstream video conferencing. In contrast the video gaming community had already pleasurably adopted and occupied online shared spaces for decades prior to the pandemic. In this paper we discuss the designed affordances of the video conferencing platform Gather Town, which adapts some of the conventions of video games and implements them to better support video conferencing. In this research we consider whether gaming …
Mediating The Needs Of Human And Natural Nonhuman Stakeholders: Towards A Design Methodological Framework, Emilija Veselova, Idil Gaziulusoy, Julia Lohmann
Mediating The Needs Of Human And Natural Nonhuman Stakeholders: Towards A Design Methodological Framework, Emilija Veselova, Idil Gaziulusoy, Julia Lohmann
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More-than-human approaches to design are one of the ways in which the design community is rethinking itself in the face of sustainability challenges. These approaches most often decenter humans from being the sole focus, stakeholder, or actant in design processes. However, currently, there is a shortage of more-than-human methods and tools that would be applicable in day-to-day design practice. In this paper, we, as one of the academic partners in a transdisciplinary consortium project, report results from our preliminary work and early insights towards developing a design methodological framework that would support the mediation of human and nonhuman needs in …
Intertwining Material Science And Textile Thinking: Aspects Of Contrast And Collaboration, Emmi Pouta, Riia Vidgren, Jaana Vapaavuori, Mithila Mohan
Intertwining Material Science And Textile Thinking: Aspects Of Contrast And Collaboration, Emmi Pouta, Riia Vidgren, Jaana Vapaavuori, Mithila Mohan
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The current research of eTextiles tends to focus on integrating new functionalities into textile structures in a technology-driven manner. Meanwhile, we approach the development of eTextiles through utilizing interdisciplinary practice-based materials research for creating new types of textile-integrated actuators. Our study aims to shed light on how interdisciplinarity and especially the interphase between scientific thinking and practice-based research can create added value both through contrasts and mutual alignments. Based on interviews of researchers working in that intersection, we have identified some key factors concerning specifically the eTextile environment: differences in ways of thinking, intertwining concepts, common practices, and the need …
Textile Thinking In Practice: Creative Textile Design Methods As Research In A Circular Economy, Laetitia Forst
Textile Thinking In Practice: Creative Textile Design Methods As Research In A Circular Economy, Laetitia Forst
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This paper presents a new analysis of practice research work exploring Textile Design for Disassembly as a design for recyclability strategy. It suggests a response to challenges relating to blends in the context of a circular textile economy. This paper highlights the potential for qualitative and creative textile design methods to produce research insights. Three textile design methods: the mood board, textile sampling, and garment prototyping, are reviewed in terms of their contribution to research. The methods are used to frame the problem space, develop a range of solutions, and test these in concepts that can materialise future fashion systems. …
Museum And Exhibit Design: How Forms And Places Of Knowledge Exchange Influence Community Participation And Empowerment, Sophie Nakashima, Chiara Del Gaudio
Museum And Exhibit Design: How Forms And Places Of Knowledge Exchange Influence Community Participation And Empowerment, Sophie Nakashima, Chiara Del Gaudio
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Museums have been criticized for sharing a singular narrative that does not reflect the diverse beliefs and values of their communities. Participatory design has been recognized as an approach capable of processes that allow communities to contribute to designing museums and exhibits. However, as the participatory design processes change according to the specific situation, they can lead to a wide range of outcomes, and degrees of community participation. This paper explores how a specific element of the participatory design approach, knowledge exchange, influences the degree of community participation. Three examples of participatory design processes in museum and exhibit design are …
The Power In Maps: Reviewing A ‘Youth Violence’ Systems Map As Discursive Intervention, Jocelyn Bailey, Lorraine Gamman
The Power In Maps: Reviewing A ‘Youth Violence’ Systems Map As Discursive Intervention, Jocelyn Bailey, Lorraine Gamman
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This paper offers a reflection on a systems mapping experiment undertaken as part of the Redesign Youth Futures project, which aimed to visualise the complex system producing youth violence in London. The paper brings together key ideas in the practice of systems thinking and mapping, with contributions from the literature on design and power, to theorise the map as an intervention in a discourse – in this case, the popular and policy discourse around youth violence. In doing so, it offers an account of how power is operant in and through such an artefact: in the embodiment of (and resistance …
Constant Problem And Solution Space Investigation Method In A User Study Phase: Focusing On Early Elderly's Needs And Design Solutions Identification, Yedam Ryu, Kwanmyung Kim
Constant Problem And Solution Space Investigation Method In A User Study Phase: Focusing On Early Elderly's Needs And Design Solutions Identification, Yedam Ryu, Kwanmyung Kim
DRS Biennial Conference Series
The design thinking process also known as the problem-solving process has a unique cognitive process compared with other areas, such as natural science. During the de-sign process, the problem and solution areas are created in the designer's mind and evolve simultaneously until the process is completed. This co-evolution also occurs at the stage of a user study that is considered the stage of discovering the problem in the typical design process, such as the Double Diamond Model. However, the solution de-rived in discovering the problem stage is ignored or does not develop enough. This re-search suggests the method that can …
Two Approaches To Foresight-Driven Design, Anna Victoria Bredtved Mountford, Bo Christensen
Two Approaches To Foresight-Driven Design, Anna Victoria Bredtved Mountford, Bo Christensen
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As a response to rapid and uncertain environmental change, foresight has emerged as an approach offering a future-oriented framing to design practice. Using theory on foresight, design, and change management, this paper reports a case study on how companies engage with foresight combined with design at a strategic level to become more future-oriented in their process and better prepared for taking long term action in the present. Through observations and interviews, the study follows companies participating in the development program Future Now facilitated by the Danish Design Center. We identify two distinct company approaches to foresight-driven design, involving distinct types …
Social Commoning As A Way To Transition Towards Alternative Systems By Design, Julia Schaeper, Sumit Kothari, Gillian Hamilton
Social Commoning As A Way To Transition Towards Alternative Systems By Design, Julia Schaeper, Sumit Kothari, Gillian Hamilton
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Increased interest in systemic design approaches and their impact on climate and societal crises make revisiting the theories of the commons and their applicability to system transitions a timely endeavour. By examining a case study of a marine protected area in the South African ocean, the paper explores how a commoning practice could be applied more intentionally in system design to increase cooperation amongst system actors and apply a multispecies - as opposed to human-centred - perspective to the management of natural, social, and immaterial resources. By tracing the historical understandings of the commons, the study explores how Ostrom’s design …
“What A Designer Does In A Municipality?” Different Approaches Towards Design In Three Danish Municipalities, Justyna Starostka, Amalia De Götzen
“What A Designer Does In A Municipality?” Different Approaches Towards Design In Three Danish Municipalities, Justyna Starostka, Amalia De Götzen
DRS Biennial Conference Series
In recent years, design in the public sector has gained popularity amongst policymakers as well as among scholars. Design is perceived as a promising way to create more successful policies and public services. Out of many different approaches, design thinking (DT) has become significantly popular, as it promises to deal with wicked problems in a new way. Despite growing popularity, however, a critical reflection on benefits and challenges, as well as about different understandings of DT practices in public sector, are still lacking. Therefore, this paper aims to investigate different ways public organisations engage and introduce DT. In this paper …
Design Beyond The Human World Of Management And Organizations: Towards A Cosmology For The Anthropocene, Emmanuel Bonnet, Diego Landivar, Alexandre Monnin, Ulises Navarro Aguiar
Design Beyond The Human World Of Management And Organizations: Towards A Cosmology For The Anthropocene, Emmanuel Bonnet, Diego Landivar, Alexandre Monnin, Ulises Navarro Aguiar
DRS Biennial Conference Series
In this paper, we intend to make explicit the shared ontological foundation of design and management and question them in light of the advent of the Anthropocene. To do so, we first draw these disciplines closer before qualifying their common ground as an underlying “cosmology they share”. This cosmology is characterized by the centrality of the notion of organization. We argue that design as well as design knowledge must be assessed with regards to this peculiar cosmology. We call for the need to go beyond what we call the “monism of organizations” or the “organized world”. We propose a new …
Making Dinner In An Uncomfortable Future: Comparing Provocations As User Insight Elicitation Methods, Karin Nilsson, Sara Renström, Helena Strömberg, Sofie Groth
Making Dinner In An Uncomfortable Future: Comparing Provocations As User Insight Elicitation Methods, Karin Nilsson, Sara Renström, Helena Strömberg, Sofie Groth
DRS Biennial Conference Series
To aid the transition to a renewable energy future, user-centred designers need to design for a future with limits perceived as uncomfortable to users. This paper explores whether methods borrowed from critical and speculative design can elicit actionable insights to aid such designers. A comparative analysis is performed of the insights gained from two studies, using a provotype and speculative enactment respectively to situate the participants in a speculative, uncomfortable, distant future. The two methods do allow elicitation of rich and deep insights surrounding values, latent needs, and tacit knowledge, but with slightly different emphasis regarding content, temporal scope, and …
Coming To Terms With Design Wickedness: Reflections From A Forum Theatre On Design Thinking, Carmem Saito, Bibiana Oliveira Serpa, Rafaela Angelon, Frederick Van Amstel
Coming To Terms With Design Wickedness: Reflections From A Forum Theatre On Design Thinking, Carmem Saito, Bibiana Oliveira Serpa, Rafaela Angelon, Frederick Van Amstel
DRS Biennial Conference Series
Contemporary design thinking is often described as a designerly approach to dealing with wicked problems – problems that are too complex and deemed impossible to fix, but that can be tamed and solved with proper design methods. Wickedness is a fundamental justification for designing things as a leap of faith or even as a kind of magic. This practice-based design research questions this justification while also opening up new understandings of wickedness. By creating a Forum Theatre session with characters inspired by the musical Wicked as allegories for different design agents/subjects in an online event, the authors engaged design spectators …
Connecting Creative Product Design Processes To Creative Product Design Outcomes: A Scoping Review, Peiying Jian, Jin Gu, Alison Olechowski
Connecting Creative Product Design Processes To Creative Product Design Outcomes: A Scoping Review, Peiying Jian, Jin Gu, Alison Olechowski
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Generating repeatable guidelines for designing creative products has long been an aim of the design research community. Even so, a widely trusted or agreed-upon process has not yet emerged. As a first step toward this goal, it is important to take stock of the reported connections between creative design processes and creative design outcomes. Thus, we conducted a scoping review focusing on creative prod-uct design. Our search identified 130 papers published from 1969 to 2021. The most frequent study type was a proposal paper (n = 53). Twenty-seven of the included papers used experimental methods. When connecting the creative design …
Project Proximities: A Meta Review Of How Design Addresses Distance In Complex Collaborations, Rosie Hornbuckle
Project Proximities: A Meta Review Of How Design Addresses Distance In Complex Collaborations, Rosie Hornbuckle
DRS Biennial Conference Series
Complex collaborations involving multiple disciplines and stakeholders are seen as necessary in the pursuit of transformative innovation. Yet these ‘systemic’ science & technology-led projects pose a challenge for knowledge exchange, co-creation and co-operation. Design research teams brought in, often to work on tangible outcomes, are faced with chasms between the understanding of diverse actors. From this problematization of distances in complex collaboration, a new design research practice has emerged: 'translational design practice' (Page & John 2019). This paper builds on this concept through a ‘meta’ level review of the design research approaches in three European publicly-funded consortium projects to address …
The Junk Playground As Agora: Designing Spaces To Re-Invigorate Democratic Participation, Mathias Poulsen
The Junk Playground As Agora: Designing Spaces To Re-Invigorate Democratic Participation, Mathias Poulsen
DRS Biennial Conference Series
In this paper, I suggest that there is an urgent need to design new spaces and possibilities for democratic participation. With inspiration from the tradition of “adventure playgrounds”, I argue that play design can contribute to expanding the participatory repertoire within deliberative democracy. Two design experi-ments are presented and discussed through the prism of self-determination the-ory and the findings point to a new understanding of democratic participation and the intrinsic, civic motivation that drives it. By shifting focus from the classi-cal deliberative ideals of rational discourse towards sensorial, open-ended explo-ration and creation, new democratic possibilities emerge. It is argued that …
What If Data Protection Embraced Foresight And Speculative Design?, Arianna Rossi, Régis Chatellier, Stefano Leucci, Rossana Ducato, Estelle Hary
What If Data Protection Embraced Foresight And Speculative Design?, Arianna Rossi, Régis Chatellier, Stefano Leucci, Rossana Ducato, Estelle Hary
DRS Biennial Conference Series
Due to rapid technological advancements and the growing “datafication” of our societies, individuals’ privacy constitutes an increasingly explored speculative space for regulators, researchers, practitioners, designers and artists. This article reports two experiences at a national and an international data protection authority (i.e., the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés - CNIL - and the European Data Protection Supervisor - EDPS - respectively), where foresight methods and speculative design are employed in policy-making with the goal of anticipating technological trends, their implications for society and their impact on regulations, as well as the effects of existing and upcoming laws on …
The Evolution Of Inclusive Design: A First Timeline Review Of Narratives And Milestones Of Design For Disability, Luka Kille-Speckter, Farnaz Nickpour
The Evolution Of Inclusive Design: A First Timeline Review Of Narratives And Milestones Of Design For Disability, Luka Kille-Speckter, Farnaz Nickpour
DRS Biennial Conference Series
This paper sets out to critically review the history of Inclusive Design on two distinct levels, i.e. the narratives that shape it and the historical milestones which contribute to its evolution. Through an illustrative review of literature and object ethnography, two sets of timelines are outlined. First, a milestone timeline helps establish the chronological evolution of Inclusive Design based on historical milestones and sociocultural perspectives. Second, a narrative timeline helps uncover the underlying narratives around matters of disability, design and inclusivity, and how they evolved. Though identifying historical and emerging shifts in mentality, the timeline review of narratives and milestones …
Designing Proximity With Situated Stakeholders, Davide Fassi, Francesco Vergani
Designing Proximity With Situated Stakeholders, Davide Fassi, Francesco Vergani
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Neighborhoods are becoming laboratories to test new ways to design the cities to solve social, environmental and cultural issues affecting global cities. The car-centered urban planning experienced in the 20th century has fostered researchers and practitioners to explore more the theme of livability and proximity. To trigger the blossoming of these models, a participatory process involving proactive networks of situated stakeholders is needed. This paper shows how competences from the academic realm can effectively boost civic awareness on the role that situated stakeholders have in producing solutions for their own wellbeing. It highlights a process enacted by the XX Lab …
Designing Appropriate Things: An Experiential Perspective On The Effectiveness Of Artefacts In Contributing To Behaviour Change, Thomas Van Arkel, Nynke Tromp
Designing Appropriate Things: An Experiential Perspective On The Effectiveness Of Artefacts In Contributing To Behaviour Change, Thomas Van Arkel, Nynke Tromp
DRS Biennial Conference Series
Behavioural design is an emergent discipline that aims to harness design’s influence on behaviour in an intentional way. However, there is limited knowledge on how to translate knowledge on behaviour and its determinants to specific design properties in ways that can maintain such change. We adopt a user experiential view to discuss the role that artefacts and their materiality play in effectively changing behaviour by introducing the notion of appropriateness, a quality of user-artefact interaction that describes the fitness of an artefact to the user and context that may play a moderating role in effectiveness of a design intervention in …
Investigating The Sound Design Process: Two Case Studies From Radio And Film Production, Rod Selfridge, Sandra Pauletto
Investigating The Sound Design Process: Two Case Studies From Radio And Film Production, Rod Selfridge, Sandra Pauletto
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This paper presents two case studies in which the sound design processes of two professional sound designers, from radio and film, are examined. Through a study procedure that uses techniques such as interviews, observations and a novel set of design briefs, the sound designers' unique approaches and primary concerns are revealed. Results from these studies aim to inform and consolidate the link between professional sound designers´ practices in media production and the field of sonic interaction design.
Visual Communication Design As A Form Of Mindfulness-Based Intervention, Jesvin Puay-Hwa Yeo, Chua-Tee Teo, Reuben Tay
Visual Communication Design As A Form Of Mindfulness-Based Intervention, Jesvin Puay-Hwa Yeo, Chua-Tee Teo, Reuben Tay
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The paper explores the effects of mindfulness-based design interventions to help children better self-regulate their emotions. It attempts to ascertain if the use of prototype designs could further enhance the children’s awareness or mindfulness, and emotional wellbeing. Children’s emotional and behavioural problems have become a growing concern. These problems are related to the difficulties children face in controlling their emotions, which may lead to psychological problems in adulthood. This indicates the need to help children understand feelings and how to self-regulate emotions. A pilot design project was conducted to explore the connection between mindfulness-based practice and emotion regulation in children …
A Community-Based Learning Program To Improve Wellbeing And Design Student Success, Marie Van Den Bergh, Mieke Van Der Bijl-Brouwer, Rebecca Price
A Community-Based Learning Program To Improve Wellbeing And Design Student Success, Marie Van Den Bergh, Mieke Van Der Bijl-Brouwer, Rebecca Price
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While the Pandemic has increased awareness towards student wellbeing in higher education (HE), it also exacerbated existing challenges. Specifically, students pursuing their master graduation thesis often find themselves isolated and overwhelmed due to the individualistic nature of their project and the pressure to create a ‘masterpiece’. In this paper, we provide insight into how designing for community can positively impact thesis design students’ motivation, sense of community and wellbeing, which we identify as drivers of student success. We discuss and evaluate a community-based learning (CBL) program we designed and implemented to improve student success during the master thesis journey of …
Plagiarism Or Reference? Exploring The Detection Criteria And Solutions Of Visual Design Plagiarism, Shenglan Cui, Fang Liu, Yinman Guo, Wei Wang
Plagiarism Or Reference? Exploring The Detection Criteria And Solutions Of Visual Design Plagiarism, Shenglan Cui, Fang Liu, Yinman Guo, Wei Wang
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Visual plagiarism occurs frequently and is often controversial. This paper conducts an exploratory study to discuss detection criteria and solutions for visual plagiarism. Since visual design involves many fields, considering the ubiquity and diversity of posters, we explore plagiarism based on poster design. We summarize the eight main elements which compose a poster artwork and discuss eight factors that influence plagiarism evaluation from two aspects of “Evaluation Standard” and “Evaluation Method.” We discussed possible solutions based on technology and tools to detect visual plagiarism better and track artwork, supporting a good online design sharing environment.
Designing For What? Approaching Necessary Production And Consumption For A Circular Economy, Isaac Arturo Ortega Alvarado, Ida Nilstad Pettersen
Designing For What? Approaching Necessary Production And Consumption For A Circular Economy, Isaac Arturo Ortega Alvarado, Ida Nilstad Pettersen
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Circular economy (CE) is currently a 'hot topic' in design discourse. The focus of these discourses has centered on product design, which is a core aspect of material circularity. However, CE is more than products. This assumption is the base for a research question: what should be the intention in designing for a CE? The recognition of CE as a systemic transition opens up opportunities for other forms of design. These forms should contribute to societal goals concerning why and what is produced –more than the profit-making. We contend that a CE should not be approached from the perspective of …
Design For Wellbeing During Covid-19: A Cybernetic Perspective On Data Feedback Loops In Complex Sociotechnical Systems, Willem Van Der Maden, James Derek Lomas, Paul Hekkert
Design For Wellbeing During Covid-19: A Cybernetic Perspective On Data Feedback Loops In Complex Sociotechnical Systems, Willem Van Der Maden, James Derek Lomas, Paul Hekkert
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The COVID-19 pandemic has put wellbeing on the global agenda like never before. Many businesses, organizations, and even governments have recognized wellbeing as a formal policy goal. This paper addresses the question of how to design complex systems to improve the wellbeing of their stakeholders. We present a case of helping a university adopt a systematic approach to wellbeing assessment and improvement during the COVID-19 crisis. To support the improvement of student and staff wellbeing, we adopted a cybernetic perspective. Practically, this involved focusing on the design of a feedback loop that used wellbeing assessments to inform organizational actions. We …
Pragmatism, Design And Public Sector Innovation: Reflections On Action, Rodger Watson, Kees Dorst
Pragmatism, Design And Public Sector Innovation: Reflections On Action, Rodger Watson, Kees Dorst
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This reflective paper explores the intersection of Pragmatism, Design Research and Public Sector Innovation through the lens of a body of work undertaken at a public sector innovation, design research center between 2010-2018. This center drew explicitly on the work of Donald Schön and Charles Sanders Peirce in the development of its research methodology and practice. The paper includes an illustrative case study that demonstrates the application of Peirce’s model of Innovative Abduction, draws on recent interview data that demonstrates engagement with Deweyan Analysis of Reflective Thinking and reflects on the possibilities that may come from further engagement with the …