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Suzette Worden University of the West of England Design research in new media: strength through collaboration and partnership. Research projects that engage with new media have enormous potential for challenging existing definitions of research and for expanding and enriching the research culture of industrial design. Such projects not only ask for new skills from the designer/researcher but they can also expand the skills and knowledge of those commissioning the project. The project discussed in this paper involves the production of an electronic annual report. Two levels of evaluation can be reported: the evaluation of the 'product' and then evaluation of the research method and design practice employed within the project. ← back | download 2.2 Mb pg242.zip