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Worth-Focused Design, Book 1 [electronic resource] : Balance, Integration, and Generosity / by Gilbert Cockton.

By: Cockton, Gilbert [author.].
Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Synthesis Lectures on Human-Centered Informatics: Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2020Edition: 1st ed. 2020.Description: XXII, 143 p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783031022296.Subject(s): User interfaces (Computer systems) | Human-computer interaction | User Interfaces and Human Computer InteractionAdditional physical formats: Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification: 005.437 | 004.019 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Three Years In: A Design Practice Fiction -- The Realities of Creative Design Practice -- We Need to Talk About Process: A Design Practice Research Fiction -- Status not Process: Abstract Design Situations as Snapshots of Design Work -- Tracking BIG Creative Design Practice -- Enabling Creative Critical Design Practices -- Glossary and Abbreviations -- References -- Author Biography.
In: Springer Nature eBookSummary: Design now has many meanings. For some, it is the creation of value. For others, it is the conception and creation of artefacts. For still others it is fitting things to people. These differences reflect disciplinary values that both overlap and diverge. All involve artefacts: we always design things. Each definition considers people and purpose in some way. Each handles evaluation differently, measuring against aesthetics, craft standards, specifications, sales, usage experiences, or usage outcomes. There are both merits and risks in these differences, without an appropriate balance. Poor balance can result from professions claiming the centre of design for their discipline, marginalising others. Process can also cause imbalance when allocating resources to scheduled stages. Balance is promoted by replacing power centres with power sharing, and divisive processes with integrative progressions. A focus on worth guides design towards worthwhile experiences and outcomes that generously exceed expectations. This book places a worth focus (Wo-Fo) in the context of design progressions that are Balanced, Integrated, and Generous (BIG). BIG and Wo-Fo are symbiotic. Worth provides a focus for generosity. Effective Wo-Fo needs BIG practices.
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Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Three Years In: A Design Practice Fiction -- The Realities of Creative Design Practice -- We Need to Talk About Process: A Design Practice Research Fiction -- Status not Process: Abstract Design Situations as Snapshots of Design Work -- Tracking BIG Creative Design Practice -- Enabling Creative Critical Design Practices -- Glossary and Abbreviations -- References -- Author Biography.

Design now has many meanings. For some, it is the creation of value. For others, it is the conception and creation of artefacts. For still others it is fitting things to people. These differences reflect disciplinary values that both overlap and diverge. All involve artefacts: we always design things. Each definition considers people and purpose in some way. Each handles evaluation differently, measuring against aesthetics, craft standards, specifications, sales, usage experiences, or usage outcomes. There are both merits and risks in these differences, without an appropriate balance. Poor balance can result from professions claiming the centre of design for their discipline, marginalising others. Process can also cause imbalance when allocating resources to scheduled stages. Balance is promoted by replacing power centres with power sharing, and divisive processes with integrative progressions. A focus on worth guides design towards worthwhile experiences and outcomes that generously exceed expectations. This book places a worth focus (Wo-Fo) in the context of design progressions that are Balanced, Integrated, and Generous (BIG). BIG and Wo-Fo are symbiotic. Worth provides a focus for generosity. Effective Wo-Fo needs BIG practices.

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