The Cognitive Artifacts of Designing Book

Contents: Foreword. Preface. Part I: Introduction. Focus of This Book. Public Addressed. Some Historical Pointers. Preliminary Terminological Issues. Models of Design. Our Empirical Design Studies at a Glance. Part II: The Classical View on Design. The Symbolic Information Processing (SIP) Approach. Herbert A. Simon. Simon's Framework for Design: The Sciences of the Artificial. Discussion of the Symbolic Information Processing Approach to Design. Part III: Modern Views on Design. The Situativity (SIT) Approach. Situativity and Other Alternatives to the SIP Approach. Early SIT-Inspired Research. Current SIT-Inspired Research. Discussion of the Situativity Approach to Design. Part IV: Confronting Classical and Modern Views on Design. Symbolic Information Processing Versus Situativity Debates in the Literature. Confrontation of the SIP and SIT Approaches. Part V: Design as Construction of Representations. Definition of Design. Representations. Representations at the Source of a Design Project: Requirements and "Design Problems". Intermediate Representations. Representations at the End of a Design Project: Specifications and "Design Solutions". Designing as an Activity: Construction of Representations. Discussion. Part VI: Conclusion. SIP and SIT, Individual and Collective Design. Design Involves More Than Problem Solving. Construction of Representations: Conclusion and Framework for Further Research.