Download or read book Practice-based Design Research written by Laurene Vaughan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practice-Based Design Research provides a companion to masters and PhD programs in design research through practice. The contributors address a range of models and approaches to practice-based research, consider relationships between industry and academia, researchers and designers, discuss initiatives to support students and faculty during the research process, and explore how students' experiences of undertaking practice-based research has impacted their future design and research practice. The text is illustrated throughout with case study examples by authors who have set up, taught or undertaken practice-based design research, in a range of national and institutional contexts.