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Nigel Cross The Open University Designerly ways of knowing: design discipline versus design science There has been a long history of concern with relationships between design and science. This paper develops the view of ‘design as a discipline’, based upon a science of design, but not a ‘design science’. The underlying axiom of this discipline is that there are forms of knowledge peculiar to the awareness and ability of a designer. The final part of the paper suggests the ways in which this discipline of design, and the understanding of designerly ← back | download 20 Kb pg043.zip