Abstract

Beyond the industrial design origins of human-centered design, the empathic frame of design thinking, or the democratic convivial tools of co-design, there are nuanced practice considerations for the inter-relational, social practice of designers working with people. This paper specifically considers the affordances of materiality and the reflexive sense-making of embodiment within the sensorial, performative practice of design. This shared theme is explored through auto-ethnographic writing and a poetic line of inquiry that models a novel method for examining this social practice. Taking a reflective stance, the researchers resist the impulse to tidily package insights from six creative practice vignettes into a toolkit or diagram. Instead, the small moments enacted in the practice snapshots reveal a Family of Sensibilities. The collective set of attributes intentionally present a complicated, messy, interpretation of the familial elements that shape a designer’s material, embodied moves when in conversation with people and place.

摘要

除了以人为本设计的工业设计起源、设计思维的移情框架或共同设计的民主欢乐工具之外，对于设计师与人合作的相互关系、社会实践，还有细微的实践考虑。本文特别考虑了物质性的可供性和在设计的感官、表演实践中体现的反身意义。这个共同的主题是通过自动民族志写作和诗意的探究路线来探索的，该路线为研究这种社会实践的新方法建模。研究人员采取反思的立场，抵制将六个创意实践小插曲的见解整齐地打包成工具包或图表的冲动。相反，练习快照中的小时刻揭示了一个情感家族。这组属性有意地呈现出对塑造设计师材料的家庭元素的复杂、凌乱和解释，体现了与人和地点交谈时的动作。