The Cognitive Artifacts of Designing

Willemien Visser

• Éditeur: CRC Press
• Année: 2006
• ISBN:
  9781482269529
• Édition: 1
• Sujet: Technik & Maschinenbau
• Sous-sujet: Gesundheit & Sicherheit in der Industrie

In this dynamic review and synthesis of empirical research and theoretical discussion of design as cognitive activity, Willemien Visser reconciles and integrates the classical view of design, as conceptualized by Herbert Simon's symbolic information processing approach, with modern views of design such as the situativity approach, as formulated by Donald Schon. The author goes on to develop her own view on design, in which design is most appropriately characterized as a construction of representations. She lays the groundwork for the integration of design research and cognitive science. This seemingly simple framework has implications that set the stage for this mutually beneficial integration.

Table des matières

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• PART I: INTRODUCTION
• PART II: THE CLASSICAL VIEW ON DESIGN. THE SYMBOLIC INFORMATION PROCESSING (SIP) APPROACH
• PART III: MODERN VIEWS ON DESIGN. THE SITUATIVITY (SIT) APPROACH
• PART IV: CONFRONTING CLASSICAL AND MODERN VIEWS ON DESIGN
• PART V: DESIGN AS CONSTRUCTION OF REPRESENTATIONS
• PART VI: CONCLUSION
• References
• Author Index
• Subject Index