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Chapter 20
Accommodating Disagreement
A Study of Effective Design Collaboration*
Janet McDonnell
University of the Arts London
20.1 INTRODUCTION
A better understanding of how design, design innovation, and design collaboration come
about is a prerequisite for constructive intervention in design education and design prac-
tice. Eciency and eectiveness in design collaboration rely on making it possible for col-
laborators both to exercise their skills and knowledge relevant to the design task and, at
the same time, to be able to exercise their abilities to work collaboratively with others to
achieve a shared goa ...