Design Thinking, Design Theory

The Design Thinking/Design Theory series seeks to develop vital conversations to help designers and researchers serve business, industry, and the public sector for positive social and economic outcomes. This series explores strategic design as an opportunity to create value through innovative products and services. It emphasizes design as service that succeeds through rigorous creativity, critical inquiry, and an ethics informed by respect for people, for nature, and for the world we shape through design.

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Design, Empathy, Interpretation

Toward Interpretive Design Research

by Ilpo Koskinen

ISBN: 9780262546928

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: September 12, 2023

A new, empathic approach to design research, drawn from the informed experiences of a leading design research program in Finland.

Design Strategy

Challenges in Wicked Problem Territory

by Nancy C. Roberts

ISBN: 9780262546812

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: November 14, 2023

A new approach to addressing the contemporary world's most difficult challenges, such as climate change and poverty.

The Space between Look and Read

Designing Complementary Meaning

by Susan M. Hagan

ISBN: 9780262545471

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: April 18, 2023

Unleashing the potential that can be found in the space between words and images.

Discursive Design

Critical, Speculative, and Alternative Things

by Bruce M. Tharp and Stephanie M. Tharp

ISBN: 9780262546553

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: November 22, 2022

Exploring how design can be used for good—prompting self-reflection, igniting the imagination, and affecting positive social change.

Situated Design Methods

Edited by Jesper Simonsen, Connie Svabo, Sara Malou Strandvad, Kristine Samson, Morten Hertzum and Ole Erik Hansen

ISBN: 9780262544726

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: December 14, 2021

A handbook of situated design methods, with analyses and cases that range from designing study processes to understanding customer experiences to developing interactive installations.