Chapter-4 Situated Design Thinking

Åsa Wikberg Nilsson

Industrial design, Department of Social Sciences, Technology and Arts, Lulea University of Technology, Email: asa.wikberg-nilsson@ltu.se

DOI: 10.1201/9780429289378-4

Introduction

Design is deeply integrated into everyday human lives. On an ordinary day, some people may be interacting with design(s) through the visual communication of advertisements in the subway, by adjusting the car seat, through interaction with a mobile app, or by finding their way in the city. In everything from simple fragments to complex constructions in human environments, there are visual, material, and immaterial design representations in signs, objects, interactions, systems and environments. We humans are design ...

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