This paper explores some of the philosophical problems associated with building a unified
and coherent cross-disciplinary body of knowledge and theory associated with designing …

Despite retailers' and designers' recognition of customer experience in retail practice today,
a literature review on customer experiences revealed a lack of conceptualization of the …

Architectural education shares much in common with engineering, including the use of a
culminating capstone experience in the final year. The form of this experience varies, with …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to contribute an inclusive insight into methodological
research in architecture and allied disciplines and unravel aspects that include …

There is an urgent need in terms of changing world conditions to move beyond the dualist
paradigm that has traditionally informed design research, education and practice. Rather …

Design studios play a significant role to train the students in architecture programs. Studios
call as core modules in programs that are supposed to apply the knowledge, skills, and …

This chapter draws on a cutting-edge sociological approach to describe the structuring of
design knowledge. In routine design tasks, with well-defined and specific problems, it may …

In this paper we present the results of a comprehensive literature survey on the development
of collaborative design. We reviewed 324 papers on collaborative design, taken from …

This paper reports an experimental study with a purpose to investigate and compare the
design thinking processes between final-year industrial design (ID) and mechanical …

Definition Research in architecture and urbanism is a complex undertaking. It involves a
multitude of challenges, approaches, variables, diverse scales, and types of environments to …