ABSTRACT
This chapter proposes knowledge acquisition on the discipline of sound design by questioning its practitioners and therefore exploring its multidisciplinary aspects according to sound designers’ profiles and practices. After presenting the theoretical framework within which this research is conducted, it provides details about the methodological tools implemented in order to investigate this matter (database/cartography and online questionnaire), and then presents a selection of significant findings that bring to light the profile of this emerging profession: Who is a sound designer? How do they learn sound design? How do they design sound? The chapter ends with a discussion of the methods used in this research and the avenues to further explore.
