Design through research: Handpicking tools case study as facilitator to collaborative product development / Azmir Mamat Nawi and Wan Zaiyana Mohd Yusof

• Main Authors: Mamat Nawi, Azmir, Mohd Yusof, Wan Zaiyana
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kedah 2011
• Subjects: Theory of design; Special subjects (Technique, history and collections); Special subjects for design; Other arts and art industries
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30946/1/AJ_AZMIR%20MAMAT%20NAWI%20VOA%20K%2011.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30946/; https://voa.uitm.edu.my/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

Collaboration between research and design is believed by many design theorists to offer new originality, insight and specialist expertise for product design. In practice, however, there exists a discrepancy between this ideal and a reality of unreconcilable cultural and methodological differences. This project has proven that the collaboration between research and design fuels creativity. This study documents and discusses such a collaboration as an example of practice with implications for educators, designers and students. It identifies a new role with the appropriate knowledge and experience to act as bridges within companies, facilitating the adoption of design methodologies appropriate to changing priorities in the design industries.