ABSTRACT
This chapter explores how physical making can be used as a tool to move toward a transdisciplinary practice. The idea is explored through textile making and knit thinking, using examples from the work of Knit: Design: Research, an experimental studio led by the authors, Dr Elizabeth Gaston and Dr Jane Scott. First, the chapter explores the ways knit making contributes to knowledge generation in the research process and then presents a selection of projects where making has been used at different points in the research process within a collaborative research team. By reviewing the place of making in the research process we offer a model to achieve a successful transdisciplinary design practice.
