Research Progress

Here at RMIT the Architecture and Design schools hold a twice a year Graduate Research Conference. This three day event allows candidates to present their work-in-progress to a panel for review. This was my first GRC presentation and also my submission for candidature of my research project. For some reason I was very nervous...
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My readings have given me a good first look into design research and its methods. I have been taking a look at books like Donald Schon’s Reflective practitioner, Boyer’s Scholarship Reconsidered and Peter Downton’s Design Research and many other journals. From these readings I started to put together a draft of reflecting on my...
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Well, like I mentioned before or at least I think I did, its been a hard road setting up in Melbourne. I won’t get into the details but anyone can imagine an international move. Since arriving in late August my research I feel has taken some large steps and I am learning a lot!...
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After a long run, I have finally settled into Melbourne, Australia. My blog should pick up some speed now and I will update everyone on my research progress. Cheers
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What is Communication Design?The Denmark’s Designskole (Danish School of Design) defines design as a systematic, methodological process of visual and expressive ordering. Others such as Professor Bruce Archer from the Department of Design and Technology, Loughborough University coins the term design as “starting with the general and working down to the particular.” The term...
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Hello,currently I am reviewing and taking notes on the supplied literature list. My last revision of my proposal contains some changes throughout but more so I am focusing on my Research Methods section. Some thoughts I have had on narrowing down my topic and method is to gather data through analysis of interviews and...
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“Design Studies: Theory and Research in Graphic Design”Audrey Bennett; “Teaching Graphic Design: Course Offerings and Class Projects from the Leading Graduate and Undergraduate Programs”Steven Heller “The Education of a Graphic Designer”Steven Heller Vision and Voice: Design Educations as Agent for ChangeChris Chaplin, April 24, 2006, AIGAPL Too Many Grads or Too Dew Competencies? The...
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