This work is aimed at establishing a common frame and understanding of function modeling
(FM) for our ongoing research activities. A comparative review of the literature is performed …

The problem-solving literature that arose in the 1960s and 1970s in the promising and
exciting field of artificial intelligence has had a profound impact on Design Methodology. The …

Designing technology for education is never only a problem-solving practice. It is always
already about creating spaces for inherently political and affective sociotechnical future …

Over the last few years there have been important efforts to improve the rigor, unity and
operationality of Design theories. This work builds on the multiple (but scattered) theoretical …

This book is about the functions of technical artefacts, material objects made to serve
practical purposes; objects ranging from tablets of Aspirin to Concorde, from wooden clogs …

The Philosophy of Design is an introduction to the fundamental philosophical issues raised
by the contemporary practice of design. The first book to systematically examine design from …

In recent years, the works on design theory (and particularly the works of the design theory
SIG of the design society) have contributed to reconstruct the science of design, comparable …

In this paper we consider the Function–Behaviour–Structure model of designing in the
version as developed by John Gero and collaborators. We identify two problems: the …

This paper discusses the validation of design methods. The challenges and opportunities in
validation are illustrated by drawing an analogy to medical research and development …

Visual programming languages, such as Pure Data (Pd) and Max/MSP, have been prevalent
in computer music for nearly three decades. However, few shared and consistent research …