ABSTRACT
This chapter provides an introduction to Part 3 of this book. The part presents methods for analysing written texts in visual ways. It shows that the “ethnographic turn” in design is an attempt to understand the users of design and the experiences they have of the designed world. The part describes an action research approach applied to design research, providing theoretical and practical guidelines for design researchers. It offers up the use of the craft-design-art of textiles as metaphors to develop novel methodological approaches to design research. The part also presents the notion of public participation from the perspective of a design and anthropology laboratory located in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It examines the role of prototypes and frameworks in research-through-design projects. The part considers the implications of data-driven technologies on design research within a period that has seen radical change for the discipline.
