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The Role of Prototypes in Design Research

Overview and Case Studies

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Editors:
  1. Silvia D. Ferraris

    1. Design Department, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

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Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology (BRIEFSAPPLSCIENCES)

Part of the book sub series: PoliMI SpringerBriefs (BRIEFSPOLIMI)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Silvia D. Ferraris
    Pages 1-7

  3. Developing a Data Classification Framework

    • Gabriele Barzilai, Silvia D. Ferraris
    Pages 9-37

  4. Making Use of the Research Framework

    • Silvia D. Ferraris, Francesco Isgrò
    Pages 39-59

  5. Prototypes for Speculative Design Research

    • Manuela Celi, Valentina Rognoli, Camilo Ayala-Garcia
    Pages 61-84

  6. Prototypes of Tangible Interactions

    • Venere Ferraro, Susanna Testa
    Pages 85-104

  7. Prototypes for Industrial Design Research

    • Silvia D. Ferraris, Lucia Rampino
    Pages 105-125

  8. Final Considerations on Prototypes in Design Research

    • Silvia D. Ferraris
    Pages 127-138
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About this book

This book provides a theoretical framework for design researchers interested in developing their research work about and with prototypes. It describes prototypes' multiple definitions and possible functions in the multifaceted landscape of today's design research. Indeed, while the manufacturing and digital evolutions enable and require new types of advanced prototypes, the design evolution as an academic discipline continuously widens its perspectives, fields, and research methods, among which are the prototypes' applications, features, and purposes. The framework originates from an interpretation of these interrelated phenomena and a collection of case studies. Additionally, it defines those criteria that characterize the relation between the research (context, discipline, and general scope) and the prototype (nature and specific aims) and, altogether, it presents an overview of prototypes' roles in design research.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Design Department, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

    Silvia D. Ferraris

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Role of Prototypes in Design Research

  • Book Subtitle: Overview and Case Studies

  • Editors: Silvia D. Ferraris

  • Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24549-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-24548-0Published: 22 March 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-24549-7Published: 21 March 2023

  • Series ISSN: 2191-530X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2191-5318

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 138

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 44 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Engineering Design, Business and Management, general, Industrial Design

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