Affiliation: | Department of Human Environment, 113 Funkhouser Building, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40502, USA Department of Environment, Textiles Design, University of Wisconsin, 1300 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA |
Abstract: | Scholars in design face two central challenges in design methods inquiry: firstly, to integrate process and solution, and secondly, to examine developmental junctures leading to innovation. With these goals in mind, we maintain that design criteria deserve greater attention and illustrate this position with a study of noted designers' use of criteria. The primary finding was that five criteria functions were considered during the design process. The study also explored potential relationships between designer variables (i.e., professional expertise and personality type) and criteria use. |