Highlights•Empirically analyses theory development and research impact in design
research.•Demonstrates the predictive power of theory development for research …

Experimental design research must become more accessible in doctoral education, and
obtain a clearer identity in the larger environment of academic research. How can we share …

Over a decade ago the concept of" design experiments" was introduced because of the
belief that many of questions could not be adequately addressed by laboratory-based …

Converging evidences have indicated that the ability to generate creative ideas could be
limited by recently activated knowledge such as examples of solutions. However …

Abstract Design-based research, with the design experiment as its main practical method,
can be characterised as an inter-disciplinary 'mixed-method'research approach conducted …

What has long been considered a foregone conclusion in other areas of research is today
also true for design: the proof of the pudding is in the eating. It is no longer suffi cient to …

Thomas Kuhn described scientific progress as a process of leaps and bounds. Long periods
of 'normal science', in which a research community works within a well-established and …

Practices-oriented design groups a range of design approaches that draw on practice theory–
a group of social theories that take practices as their fundamental unit of analysis. This …

Design educators often comment on the difficulties that result from a premature commitment
by students to a solution to a design problem. Similarly practitioners can find it difficult to …