This collection stems from the International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR) conference in 2021, promoting the research of design in its many fields of application. Design finds itself at a critical moment where the conventional ‘modes’ of doing, thinking and application are increasingly challenged by the troubled ideology of globalisation, climate change, migration patterns and the rapid restructuring of locally driven manufacturing sectors. The volume presents a selection of papers on state-of-the-art design research work. As rapid technological development has been pushing and breaking new ground in society, the broad field of design is facing many unprecedented changes. In combination with the environmental, cultural, technological, and, crucially, pandemic transitions, the call heeds for design at large to fundamentally alter its modes of practice.  Beyond the conventional models of conducting research, or developing solutions to ‘wicked’ problems, the recoupling of design with different modes should be seen as an expression to embrace other capacities of thinking, criticisms and productions. This selection of proceedings delivers the latest insights into design from a multitude of perspectives, as reflected in the eight thematic modes of the conference: social design, making design, business design, critical design, historical/projective design, impact design, pandemic design, and alternative design. The book benefits design researchers from both academia and industry interested not only in the latest design research results, but also in innovative design research methods. In presenting an interesting corpus of design case studies as well as studies of design impact, this comprehensive collection is of relevance to design theorists and students, as well as scholars in related fields seeking to understand how design plays a critical role in their respective domains, from architecture and urbanism. weiterlesen