Research Methodology toward Understanding "Design Phenomena"

Abstract

Our society has subsumed an infinite number of design activities. Designed objects undergo a variety of changes as time passes such as transformation, worldwide-spread, interaction with others objects and disappearance. The authors call the totality of such changes and related events as "design phenomena," and aim to understand, depict, and analyze existing design phenomena by using a large amount of diverse data. This paper proposes research methodology for the study of design phenomena, including our perspectives, theoretical models called "events network" and "objects meshwork," and further research prospects.