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Vesna
Popovic
Queensland University of Technologies
Product
Design Research and Knowledge Utilisation
This
paper addresses the issues of knowledge utilisation and its relation to
Product Design Research. It supports the view that Product Design Research
is relative to the domain and dependent on the domain specific knowledge.
Domain specific knowledge is understood to be the knowledge in the particular
area of expertise. However, this paper is going to emphasise the importance
of domain specific design knowledge (knowledge of design discipline itself
product design) and its relevance to the applied research in that particular
domain. It outlines the domain specific knowledge utilisation throughout
the different stages of the design and development process of a particular
product/system: (a) before a design is started, (b) during the early stage
of the design process (c) during the design and development process and
(d) after the product/system is produced and is in use/operation. The paper
illustrates that design research should not function separately from practice
but as a development of it. The inclusion of research in the design and
development process can make significant contribution to the product/system
success by creating new market niches.
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