Since the 1990s, the concern to define areas of research in design has
dominated academic debates. As a result, we are now facing a multitude
of understandings. This is especially true for practice-based design
research. Sandra Dittenberger, Hans Stefan Moritsch and Agnes Raschauer
discuss how the concept of learning by research can be integrated into
product design studio teaching. They show different international
approaches for integrating research into teaching and contrast the areas
of design research with scientific standards. The book features study
results that helped generate both a general orientation for research in
design education and guidelines for students of how to integrate
research into their project work.