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Design Criticism

Design Criticism is a scholarly practice within design studies that involves the systematic evaluation and interpretation of designed artifacts, environments, and systems, distinguished by its focus on aesthetic, functional, cultural, and ethical dimensions of design in relation to historical, social, and theoretical contexts.

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11.4K

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414

Authors

187

Institutions

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2017–2026

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Publications

225

On the Essential Contexts of Artifacts or on the Proposition That "Design Is Making Sense (Of Things)"

Klaus Krippendorff · Design Issues · 1989 · 530 citations · Full text

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Design Science Research Contributions: Finding a Balance between Artifact and Theory

Richard Baskerville, Abayomi Baiyere, Shirley Gergor et al. · Journal of the Association for Information Systems · 2018 · 420 citations · Full text

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Research through design fiction

Mark Blythe · 2014 · 412 citations

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Design as a discipline

Bruce Archer · Design Studies · 1979 · 347 citations

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Design Research in Education: Yes, but is it Methodological?

Anthony Kelly · Journal of the Learning Sciences · 2004 · 312 citations

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Authors

414

  1. CM
    Colin M. Gray

    Purdue University West Lafayette, United States

    5 publications · 142 citations

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  2. VM
    Victor Margolin

    University of Illinois Chicago, United States

    5 publications · 462 citations

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  3. MB
    Mark Blythe

    University of York, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 629 citations

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  4. SP
    Steven P. Dow

    Carnegie Mellon University, United States

    4 publications · 305 citations

    4

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  5. KH
    Kathryn H. Anthony

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    3 publications · 219 citations

    3

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Institutions

187

  1. Indiana University Bloomington

    Bloomington, United States

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    662 citations

  2. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. Purdue University West Lafayette

    West Lafayette, United States

    6 h-index

    14 publications

    525 citations

  4. University of California, Irvine

    Irvine, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    607 citations

  5. Swinburne University of Technology

    Melbourne, Australia

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    151 citations

  6. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    1.1K citations

  7. University of Auckland

    Auckland, New Zealand

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    92 citations

  8. Northumbria University

    Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    833 citations

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Venues

  1. Design Studies

    15 publications · 1.2K citations

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  2. Journal of Design History

    17 publications · 639 citations

    12

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  3. Design Issues

    14 publications · 838 citations

    12

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  4. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 10 publications · 551 citations

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  5. The Design Journal

    6 publications · 147 citations

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