Design Things offers an innovative view of design thinking and design                  practice, envisioning ways to combine creative design with a participatory approach                  encompassing aesthetic and democratic practices and values. The authors of Design                  Things look at design practice as a mode of inquiry that involves people, space,                  artifacts, materials, and aesthetic experience, following the process of                  transformation from a design concept to a thing. Design Things, which grew out of                  the Atelier (Architecture and Technology for Inspirational Living) research project,                  goes beyond the making of a single object to view design projects as sociomaterial                  assemblies of humans and artifacts--"design things." The book offers both                  theoretical and practical perspectives, providing empirical support for the authors'                  conceptual framework with field projects, case studies, and examples from                  professional practice. The authors examine the dynamics of the design process; the                  multiple transformations of the object of design; metamorphing, performing, and                  taking place as design strategies; the concept of the design space as "emerging                  landscapes"; the relation between design and use; and the design of                  controversial things.

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