Tag: Design research

Books, Design Research, Design Research Seminar

HOW WE LIVE : Through the Products that We Use

Authored by: Sugandh Malhotra Products tell stories about their users, their likes, tastes and journeys. ‘How We Live’ book aims to outlay, document and study the used products and create a persona of the users through a brief narrative. This visual documentation book is an excellent resource to observe and acknowledge the subtle differences in …

Books

MOVE MUMBAI

MOVE MUMBAI: Kaali Peeli and Beyond Authored by: Vivek Kant, Sugandh Malhotra, Angshuman Das, Tekhenutso Theriah Move Mumbai” is an incredulous yet everyday traffic story from the streets of Mumbai captured through a series of photographs. We closely observe how Mumbaikars use their vehicles, and live with and around them. These vehicles technically are nothing …

Design forecasting, Design Research

Design research methods for future mapping

Although a strategy for business innovation is to turn a concept into something that’s desirable, viable, commercially successful and that which adds value to people’s lives but in the fast changing world, we are seeing weakening of relationship between product, user and the environment, thereby causing sustainability issues.  A concrete futuristic vision will give overall direction …

Design forecasting, Design Research

Framework for forecasting design possibilities

A well-grounded approach to design forecasting would be beneficial to the evolution of human society. All societies require visionaries who can foresee evolving needs and predict emerging trends. Study of historical trends indicates that there are changing and growing expectations and propensities that govern new design developments.