Transdisciplinary Design

Monthly Archives: April 2011

It’s Not Rocket Science. It’s Design + Social Science.

Francis Carter, Angeles Cortesi, Elie Kahwaji, Kiersten Nash + Kelly Tierney Social science and design are inextricably linked in the journey towards a more sustainable…

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Translation or adaptation?

Borrowing and adaptation may be two hallmarks of good design practice—one that reevaluates and reflects while in progress. What happens when designers borrow methodologies from…

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Hunches and Wanderings

The neighborhood of Hunts Point in the South Bronx serves as our subject of external observation and dialectical practice. It becomes a laboratory for a…

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Shedding Light on Design-Led Research

In the beginning of our Research Seminar course, we were presented with the notion of Design-Led Research and Research-led design. One of our peers sketched…

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Cards & Combinations

For my project, I did not set out with a clear research plan. Instead, I conducted research using various methodologies based on need, including modified…

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Food Fights: Infrastructures of Power

Interview Drawing

Our group was formed with the intention of exploring the roles of various institutional structures in their relationship to food production, distribution, and consumption.  Our…

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Me and the Mc’s

I was asked to be reflective about my own process and because I grew up in a large family, that meant comparing myself to others….

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Exploring Networks of Health

by Francis Carter, Minuette Le & Jayson Rupert Reimagining the Hunts Point food systems requires a closer look at the Networks of Health and the…

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Tools of the trade

Choosing an appropriate methodology for a design research assignment can require consideration of some pretty odd details to the casual observer. It’s not often that…

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Food Systems Research Synopsis

Research Team: Jacqueline Cooksey, Eulani Labay, Steven Dale, Aabhira Aditya, Mai Kobori, and Bland Hoke First Iteration of Spark Game Food Systems are complex, interconnected…

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