All About Design Research

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Schneier, Cryptogram and blog

For those designing security - of whatever form - Bruce  Schneier's Cryptogram Newsletter and blog are enlightening, useful, often amusing AND provides a very different take on the world. See http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram.html and http://www.schneier.com/blog

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Designing Libraries

There are many exciting fields of design. Library Design is an interesting one that I hadn't really thought about until recently. In the recent news is the integration of two UK discussion groups on library design. For more details see http://www.designinglibraries.org.uk/
 

ELance for professionals

Looking for freelance design work or looking to hire a freelance designer or specialist professional? Use Elance at www.elance.com
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Book: Holistic-Phenomenological Approach to Architecture,Nili Portugali

Book: The Act of Creation and the Spirit of a Place: A Holistic-Phenomenological Approach to Architecture, Nili Portugali,2006, London:Edition Axel Menges.
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Spotlight: Journal 'Research in Engineering Design'

Journal spotlight: Research in Engineering Design is an international journal that publishes research papers on design theory and methodology in all fields of engineering, focussing on mechanical, civil, architectural, and manufacturing engineering. The journal is designed for professionals in academia, industry and government interested in research issues relevant to design practice.
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New blog of Rob Curedale at http://d--e--s--i--g--n.blogspot.com/

Rob Curedale is developing a new design blog at http://d--e--s--i--g--n.blogspot.com/   on Global Trends in Industrial design and architecture.

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Checked out the new videos?

Many new design videos! Some long, some short, some fun, some serious, some silly. What are you interested in? Go to  design videos.
 

Writing for Web - Nielsen Alertbox

Writing Style for Print vs Web: really useful Alertbox advice on successful web writing - based on useability research by Jakob Nielsen.

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Interviews in qualitative research

Interview is a common tool of design research. An excellent set of explanatory guidelines for using 'Interview as a Method of Qualitative Research' (D.Valenzuela and PSrivastava) can be found at www.public.asu.edu/~kroel/www500/Interview Fri.pdf
 

Journal of Architectural and Planning Research

The Journal of Architectural and Planning Research is the major international interdisciplinary resource for professionals and scholars in architecture, design, and planning.

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Civil liberties and illegal designs

How easy is it to design illegally? Ryan Singel in Wired (May 22nd) describes how recent design possibilities have enabled designers to unthinkingly create web and computer systems that break the law. Will designers get sued? Do designers need to be trained in legal issues and civil liberties concerns?

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