The concept designerly ways of knowing emerged in the late 1970s alongsidenew approaches in design education. Professor Nigel Cross a respected designresearcher... » 

The concept designerly ways of knowing emerged in the late 1970s alongsidenew approaches in design education. Professor Nigel Cross a respected designresearcher first articulated this idea in his paper Designerly Ways ofKnowing published in 1982. This book is a unique insight into expandingdiscipline area with important implications for design research education andpractice. This book traces the development of a research interest inarticulating and understanding the idea that designers have and usedesignerly ways of knowing and thinking. The following topics are covered nature and nurture of design ability creative cognition in design naturalintelligence of design design discipline versus design science and expertise in design. As a timeline of scholarship and research and a resourcefor understanding how designers think and work this book will interestresearchers teachers and students of industrial and product design designpractitioners and design managers. TOCDesignerly Ways of Knowing. The Natureand Nurture of Design Ability. Natural and Artificial Intelligence in Design.Creative Cognition in Design I The Creative Leap. Creative Cognition inDesign II Creative Strategies. Understanding Design Cognition. Design as aDiscipline. «