Designerly Ways of Knowing

The concept designerly ways of knowing emerged in the late 1970s alongside new approaches in design education. Professor Nigel Cross, a respected design researcher, first articulated this idea in his paper Designerly Ways of Knowing published in 1982. This book is a unique insight into expanding discipline area with important implications for design research, education and practice.This book traces the development of a research interest in articulating and understanding the idea that designers have and use designerly ways of knowing and thinking. The following topics are covered:- nature and nurture of design ability;- creative cognition in design;- natural intelligence of design;- design discipline versus design science; and,- expertise in design.As a timeline of scholarship and research and a resource for understanding how designers think and work, this book will interest researchers, teachers and students of industrial and product design; design practitioners, and design managers.