How Long to Read Making Design Theory

How Long Does it Take to Read Making Design Theory?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 15 minutes to read Making Design Theory by Johan Redstrom

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

A new approach to theory development for practice-driven research, proposing that theory is something made in and through design. Tendencies toward “academization” of traditionally practice-based fields have forced design to articulate itself as an academic discipline, in theoretical terms. In this book, Johan Redström offers a new approach to theory development in design research–one that is driven by practice, experimentation, and making. Redström does not theorize from the outside, but explores the idea that, just as design research engages in the making of many different kinds of things, theory might well be one of those things it is making. Redström proposes that we consider theory not as stable and constant but as something unfolding—something acted as much as articulated, inherently fluid and transitional. Redström describes three ways in which theory, in particular formulating basic definitions, is made through design: the use of combinations of fluid terms to articulate issues; the definition of more complex concepts through practice; and combining sets of definitions made through design into “programs.” These are the building blocks for creating conceptual structures to support design. Design seems to thrive on the complexities arising from dichotomies: form and function, freedom and method, art and science. With his idea of transitional theory, Redström departs from the traditional academic imperative to pick a side—theory or practice, art or science. Doing so, he opens up something like a design space for theory development within design research.

How long is Making Design Theory?

Making Design Theory by Johan Redstrom is 189 pages long, and a total of 48,951 words.

This makes it 64% the length of the average book. It also has 60% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Making Design Theory Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 27 minutes to read Making Design Theory aloud.

What Reading Level is Making Design Theory?

Making Design Theory is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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