Philip Cash
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Evaluating the efficacy and effectiveness of design methods
A systematic review and assessment framework
The increasingly transdisciplinary context of design, where designers collaborate with other disciplinary and domain experts, means there is a growing need to evidence the effectiveness of design methods. We address this need in two ways. First, we propose a ‘chain of evidence ...
Method in their madness
Explaining how designers think and act through the cognitive co-evolution model
Designers often face situations where the only way forward is through the exploration of possibilities. However, there is a critical disconnect between understanding of how designer's think and act in such situations. We address this disconnect by proposing and testing (via pr ...
The life cycle of creative ideas
Towards a dual-process theory of ideation
Ideation is simultaneously one of the most investigated and most intriguing aspects of design. The reasons for this attention are partly due to its importance in design and innovation, and partly due to an array of conflicting results and explanations. In this study, we develo ...
Designing Behaviour Change
A Behavioural Problem/Solution (BPS) Matrix
Designers’ professional identity
Personal attributes and design skills
Professional Identity (PI) is a social- and self-perceptive construct that describes how people understand themselves as professionals. PI guides professional development by shaping professionalism, role assumptions, responsibilities, values, and behaviour; and is a critical f ...
Designers’ Professional Identity (DPI) is a social- and self-perceptive construct that describes how designers understand themselves as professionals. DPI guides development throughout a designer’s career by shaping professionalism, role assumptions, responsibilities, values a ...