FACULTY OF FINE ARTS AND DESIGN

Department of Industrial Design

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ID 304 | Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Name

Design Research

Code	Semester	Theory (hour/week)	Application/Lab (hour/week)	Local Credits	ECTS
ID 304	Spring	2	2	3	4

Prerequisites	None
Course Language	English
Course Type	Required
Course Level	First Cycle
Mode of Delivery	Online
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course	Discussion Group Work Case Study Lecture / Presentation
Course Coordinator	-
Course Lecturer(s)	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Elif KOCABIYIK SAVASTA Öğr. Gör. Gizem SARAÇER
Assistant(s)	-

Course Objectives	This course aims to provide students with research knowledge and skills related to design discipline and profession. It reveals how research can lead and develop the design knowledge and practice.
Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; Students will be able to distinguish design research among other research traditions. Students will be able to identify a research problem related to design discipline and profession. Students will be able to select appropriate research methods (including designerly methods) in the way of answering the research problem. Students will be able to collect data systematically by using primary/secondary and qualitative/quantitative research methods. Students will be able to make analysis and synthesis on the findings. Students will be able to communicate their research orally via presentation and in written format via research paper/report and logbook. Students will be able to make research individually and in groups. Students will be able to conduct user-centred design research.
Course Description	In this course research is undertaken within the design discipline and profession. Students (individually and in groups) are expected to identify a research problem based on the theme given to them, apply different design research methods, make analysis and synthesis on the findings, write a research paper/report, keep a research logbook, and make presentations about their research.

Course Category	Core Courses
	Major Area Courses	X
	Supportive Courses
	Media and Management Skills Courses
	Transferable Skill Courses

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week	Subjects	Related Preparation
1	Introduction to the course. What is research? History of research in design discipline. Design research timeline. Design research among other research traditions. (Archer, 1999; Bayazıt, 2004; Cross, 2001; Langrish (notes)	None
2	Design research characteristics. Research about practice, research on the purposes of practice, research through practice. Double Diamond model. (Archer, 1999; Wolfgang Jonas’ article Ralf Michel 2007; Penin, 2018)	HW-1 Preliminary research on the given topic
3	Secondary research. Conducting preliminary primary research on the given topic (exploratory research). Searching for references. (Martin & Hanington 2012)	HW-2 Preliminary research on the given topic
4	Research questions/problems and keywords about the topic. Focusing techniques: From broad topic to narrowed one. Identifying a research problem. (Booth et al, 2008; Blaxter et al, 2010)	HW-3 Preliminary research on the given topic
5	Everyday skills for research and introduction to design research methods (research families, approaches, techniques). Overview of research methods used in design. (Blaxter et al, 2010)	HW-4 Preliminary research on the given topic
6	Jury-1: Presentation and report (group work)	Preparation for Jury-1
7	Exploratory and generative research: Literature review, design ethnography, survey, phenomenology, case study, action research, observation, interview, questionnaire (Blaxter et al, 2010; Crouch & Pearce, 2012; Ideo Toolkit; Laurel, 2003; Martin & Hanington 2012; Muratovski, 2016; Visocky O’Grady, 2006)	HW-5 Systematic research on the identified problem
8	Exploratory and generative research: Literature review, design ethnography, survey, phenomenology, case study, action research, observation, interview, questionnaire (Blaxter et al, 2010; Crouch & Pearce, 2012; Ideo Toolkit; Laurel, 2003; Martin & Hanington 2012; Muratovski, 2016; Visocky O’Grady, 2006)	HW-6 Systematic research on the identified problem
9	Exploratory and generative research: Literature review, design ethnography, survey, phenomenology, case study, action research, observation, interview, questionnaire (Blaxter et al, 2010; Crouch & Pearce, 2012; Ideo Toolkit; Laurel, 2003; Martin & Hanington 2012; Muratovski, 2016; Visocky O’Grady, 2006)	HW-7 Systematic research on the identified problem
10	Jury-2: Presentation and report (group work)	Preparation for Jury-2
11	Generative and evaluative research: User profile/persona, scenarios, user journey map, usability report (Martin & Hanington 2012)	HW-8 Synthesis, Proposal, Proof of concept
12	Generative and evaluative research: User profile/persona, scenarios, user journey map, usability report (Martin & Hanington 2012)	HW-9 Synthesis, Proposal, Proof of concept
13	Generative and evaluative research: User profile/persona, scenarios, user journey map, usability report (Martin & Hanington 2012)	HW-10 Synthesis, Proposal, Proof of concept
14	Jury-3: Presentation and report (group work) and submission of the Portfolio	Preparation for Jury-3 and Portfolio
15	Semester review	None
16	Semester review	None

Course Notes/Textbooks

Nigan Bayazıt (2004) “Investigating Design: A Review of Forty Years of Design Research”, Design Issues, Vol.20, no.1, pp.16-29. Bruce Archer (1999) On the Methods of Research, Ankara: METU Faculty of Architecture Press. John Z. Langrish, Notes on Writing a Thesis, Lecture Notes. Nigel Cross (2001) “Designerly Ways of Knowing: Design Discipline versus Design Science”, Design Issues, Vol.17, no.3, pp.49-55. Ralf Michel (2007) Design Research Now: Essays and Selected Projects, BIRD, Basel, Boston, Berlin: Birkhauser. Liz Sanders (2008) An Evolving Map of Design Practice and Design Research, ACM Interactions, Vol.XV.6, On Modeling Forum. Liz Sanders & Pieter Jan Stappers (2012) Convivial Toolbox: Generative Research for the Front End of Design, Amsterdam: BIS Publishers. Michiel Schwarz & Diana Krabbendam (2013) Sustainist Design Guide: How Sharing, Localism, Connectedness and Proportionality Are Creating a New Agenda for Social Design, Amsterdam: BIS Publishers. Lara Penin (2018) An Introduction to Service Design: Designing the Invisible, London: Bloomsbury. Bella Martin & Bruce Hanington (2012) Universal Methods of Design, Massachusetts: Rockport. Bruce Hanington (2003) Methods in the Making: A Perspective on the State of Human Research in Design, Design Issues, Vol.19, no.4, pp.9-18. Brenda Laurel (eds.) (2003) Design Research: Methods and Perspectives, Cambridge: MIT Press. Jenn + Ken Visocky O’Grady (2006) A Designer’s Research Manual: Succeed in Design by Knowing your Clients and What They Really Need, Massachusetts: Rockport. Loraine Blaxter, Christina Hughes, and Malcolm Tight (2010) How to Research (4^th edition), Berkshire: Open University Press. Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams (2008) The Craft of Research (3^rd edition), Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. Christopher Crouch & Jane Pearce (2012) Doing Research in Design, London: Bloomsbury. Gjoko Muratovski (2016) Research for Designers: A Guide to Methods and Practice, Los Angeles: SAGE. Marc Stickdorn & Jakob Schneider (2011) This is Service Design Thinking, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Marc Stichdorn, Markus Edgar Hormess, Adam Lawrence, Jakob Schneider (2018) This Is Service Design Doing: Applying Service Design Thinking in the Real World, O’Reilly Media Inc.

Suggested Readings/Materials

Alan Bryman (2012) Social Research Methods (4^th edition), Oxford University Press. Gillian Rose (2001) Visual Methodologies, London: Sage Publications. Anthony Dunne & Fiona Raby (2013) Speculative Everything: Design, Fiction, And Social Dreaming, London: MIT Press. M. Neil Browne & Stuart M. Keeley (2015) Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking (10^th edition), Pearson Education. IDEO Toolkits (http://www.designkit.org/mindsets). IDEO-The Little Book of Design Research Ethics (2015) (https://lbodre.ideo.com/).

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities	Number	Weigthing
Participation
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio	1	10
Homework / Assignments	1	45
Presentation / Jury	3	45
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm
Final Exam
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade	5	100
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours)	16	2	32
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)	16	2	32
Study Hours Out of Class	12	1	12
Field Work			0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques			0
Portfolio	1	3	3
Homework / Assignments	10	2	20
Presentation / Jury	3	7	21
Project			0
Seminar / Workshop			0
Oral Exam			0
Midterms			0
Final Exam			0
		Total	120

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

Program Competencies/Outcomes

* Contribution Level

To be able to equipped with theoretical and practical knowledge of industrial design, and to apply it to a variety of products, services and systems from conventional industries to urban scale with innovative and sustainable approaches

To be able to communicate design concepts and proposals for solutions, which are supported with quantitative and qualitative data, to specialists and non-specialists through visual, written, and oral means

To be able to equipped with the related theoretical and methodological knowledge of engineering, management, and visual communication that is required for interdisciplinary characteristic of industrial design; and to collaborate with other disciplines, organizations, or companies

To be able to equipped with the knowledge of history and theory of design, arts and crafts; and culture of industrial design

To be able to equipped with social, cultural, economic, environmental, legal, scientific and ethical values in the accumulation, interpretation and/or application of disciplinary information and to employ these values regarding different needs

To be able to develop contemporary approaches individually and as a team member to solve today’s problems in the practice of industrial design

To be able to define design problems within their contexts and circumstances, and to propose solutions for them within the discipline of industrial design considering materials, production technologies and ergonomics

To be able to use digital information and communication technologies, physical model making techniques and machinery, at an adequate level to the discipline of industrial design

To be able to employ design research and methods within the theory and practice of industrial design

To be able to recognize the need and importance of a personal lifelong learning attitude towards their chosen specialization area within the industrial design field

To be able to collect data in the areas of industrial design and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1)

To be able to speak a second foreign language at a medium level of fluency efficiently

To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest

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