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Fenomenologia do Design

A closer look at doctorates in design. Participation in the phenomenology of design course

  • 01.11.2020
"In the particular case of academic design research, written theses are the most commonly known ways of capturing the whole research process of the study in a single, stable, endurable and searchable medium (...) this enduring record is what enables other researchers to criticise or use any results of the research" Durling, 2002.

Design degrees have been around for only a few decades. Doctorates have a shorter history but there has been an increasing volume of PhD students. However, it seems that design research Ethos is still object of much discussion until today. In January 2021, I had the opportunity to present the work developed for IcoRD21 about the lack of connection between PhDs in Portugal, inspiring much discussion on the topic:

Mapping the research thread of PhDs in Design: a PhD citation analysis of the Portuguese doctorates

The audience, composed by Portuguese design teachers, project coordinators and inspiring PhD scholars, raised important questions regarding the researcher’s drive and the willingness to “break the weel”, “thinking out of the box”. This characteristic modus-operandi, quite typical in design practice, is important. However, is it fully compatible with the purpose of research? Making sense of previous work, criticising it and/or building on it, are key activities when undertaking design (and in fact any) research.
What an exciting journey this is! Let me know what you think in the form (contact).

National project that looks at design as a factor of innovation as well as cultural and socioeconomic development. The project collects and interprets data from the Portuguese Design ecosystem to promote its knowledge and to influence public policies.

2021 Observatório de Design. Towards a Design Observatory: models, instruments, representations and strategies. Supported by Lisbon Regional Operational Programme (Lisboa 2020) and the Competitiveness and Internationalisation Operational Programme (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-032445), under the PORTUGAL 2020 Partnership Agreement, through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology.

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Campus de Santiago
Universidade de Aveiro
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Nina Costa designobs@ua.pt