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Systematic and rational approach to designing
Design science refers to a scientific, i.e. rational and systematic, approach to designing. An early concept of design science was introduced in 1957 by R. Buckminster Fuller who defined it as a systematic form of designing which he applied especially in innovative engineering design. The concept has been more broadly defined by the Design Science journal as “quantitative and qualitative research in the creation of artifacts and systems, and their embedding in our physical, virtual, psychological, economic, and social environment”. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Design scienceA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Dealing with Complexity in Design Science Research: A Methodology Using Design EchelonsInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Cybernetics, or control and communication in the animal and the machineThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Design Science in Information Systems Research1Cited 9,430 times
- Go sideways: Design science (methodology)A closely related topic
- Go sideways: Systems designA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
No dictionary entry for this exact phrase.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Design Science in Information Systems Research1
A Design Science Research Methodology for Information Systems Research
Learning science through technological design
Design, science and wicked problems
Science, pseudo-science and urban design
Advancing service design research with design science research
Validity in Design Science
Science and design: Identical twins?
🆕 Influential since 2022
Dealing with Complexity in Design Science Research: A Methodology Using Design Echelons
Transparency in design science research
Methodological Guidelines for Design Science Research
Integration of data science with product design towards data-driven design
Preservice science teachers coding science simulations: epistemological understanding, coding skills, and lesson design
📚 Books worth reading
Cybernetics, or control and communication in the animal and the machineNorbert Wiener, Doug Hill · 1948
The Fountains of ParadiseArthur C. Clarke · 1978
Systems Analysis and DesignAlan Dennis, Barbara Haley Wixom · 2000
Renewable energy resourcesJohn Twidell, J. W. Twidell · 1986
Research DesignJohn W. Creswell, J. David Creswell · 1994
The practice of social researchEarl R. Babbie · 1975
Fashion TheoryMalcolm Barnard · 2014
The Psychology of Everyday ThingsDonald A. Norman · 1988
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