Where methods meet form

Ernst, Meret; Ober, Maya (10 June 2021). Where methods meet form. In: Design Culture(s). Cumulus Conference Roma 2021. Cumulus Conference Proceedings Series: Vol. 2 (pp. 1159-1174). Rome: Cumulus

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Based on two study cases of product design students’ projects this paper analyses how both theoretical and practical research can inform design methods’ development leading to the creation of new form language and expansion of design aesthetics beyond the functionalist paradigm. This paper outlines methodological approaches to integrate design research in practice-based projects to develop new form languages. Transmitting the conceptual and discursive implications of the employed design method is, in particular, challenging within undergraduate design education, that is often depoliticised and service- oriented (Decolonising Design, 2018). Defining the choice of methods as always a political one, the authors of this paper focus on the research as a self-reflecting process that draws from the notion of “designing design” – i.e. on the notion of an open, developing methodology always under scrutiny through practice (Schön, 2017).

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