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ENE 62000: Design Cognition and Learning

This guide includes helpful information and resources for students taking ENE 620.

Reading

Pick one - worked examples (translations):

Meaning Frames: The structure of Problem Frames and Solution Frames
Haase, L.M., and Laursen, L.N. (2019). Design Issues, 35(3).
Problem Framing Expertise in Public and Social Innovation
Van der Biji-Brouwer, M. (2019). She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation, 5(1). [Cases – useful to see practices]

Read one set (Dorst or Kolko) – each includes a framework and an translation to practice:

The Core of 'Design Thinking' and its Application
Dorst, K. (2011). 32, pp. 521-532. [The framework]

Alternative version: Frame Innovation by Kees Dorst
ISBN: 0262328852

Publication Date: 2015-04-03

Dorst (2015). MIT Press: Cambridge. (Chp 3: Lessons from design). [Digital copy through Purdue Libraries]

Abductive Thinking and Sensemaking: The Drivers of Design Synthesis
Dorst (2015). Design Issues, 26(1), pp. 15-28. [The framework]

Alternative version: Exposing the Magic of Design by Jon Kolko
ISBN: 0199780951

Publication Date: 2010-01-01

Kolko, J. (2015). Oxford University Press. (Chp 1 – Synthesis; Chp 3 – Abduction) [Available through Purdue Libraries
Exposing the Magic of Design by Jon Kolko
ISBN: 0199780951

Publication Date: 2010-01-01

Kolko, J. (2015). Oxford University Press. (Chp 6-8) [Available through Purdue Libraries] [The translation to practice]

Resource (methods):

101 Design Methods by Vijay Kumar
ISBN: 1118330242

Publication Date: 2012-10-11

Kumar, V. (2012). (Mode 4: Frame Insights).

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