ABSTRACT
The proposed link between design and the social sciences is the result of two things: the recognition of changes in the design profession in connection with both purposes and methods of operation, and the perception of the way in which these changes require an increased participation of social scientists in the conception and development of consumer products and public services. To elaborate on details, I will discuss a series of headings and brief explanations, regarding those dimensions of design that lead to new understandings of its nature and its practice.
