Design Science – and what makes it tick!
The topics of a young discipline.

As a young discipline, design studies/science is currently establishing itself within the worldwide community of academia. The participants of Circle 00002 discussed various positions from the fields of design research, design theory as well as from the funding institutions’ perspective. They also asked for the relevance of academic research practices for everyday creative processes and the understanding of today’s product and consumer culture.

Transliterated statements by Alexander Damianisch (project management and coordination, art and research funding University of Applied Arts Vienna),  Thomas Geisler (Curator for design, MAK Vienna), Gesche Joost (Professor for Design Research at the University of the Arts Berlin). Moderated by Harald Gruendl (Designer and head of the IDRV)

Publication: Circle 00002 (r=4): Designwissenschaft und was sie bewegt! Die Themen einer jungen Disziplin. Download it here.
edited by IDRV, Institute of Design Research Vienna, Vienna 2010
ISBN: 978-3-9503352-0-0