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Ready-mades in empathetic design

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posted on 2024-07-10, 00:16 authored by Ilpo Koskinen, Simone TaffeSimone Taffe, Tuuli Mattelmaki, Jung-Joo Lee
Even though designers seldom talk about ready-mades, they use them in a variety of ways in design. This paper describes several uses of ready-mades in empathic design, which aims to gain an internalized understanding of the people they design for. Specifically, the paper looks at three uses: ready-mades as research instruments in taken-for-granted experience with haptic qualities of materials in everyday life; ready-mades as instruments for capturing the spirit of a community for design; and ready-mades as instruments for carrying this spirit into product development. Each example is illustrated with a case study. At the end of the paper, we discuss these cases and the usefulness of an art world concept in understanding design research.

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Consilience and Innovation in Design, the 5th World Conference on Design Research, (IASDR 2013)

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5th World Conference on Design Research, (IASDR 2013)

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Tokyo

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2013-08-26

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2013-08-30

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Copyright © 2013 The authors.

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eng

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