The past week has been quite interesting and has given me a lot of new knowledge in how research can be conducted. Therefore when I look back on the four previous themes I think this one is the most interesting one since it’s totally new for me. As a result I might even use this method in my master thesis even though I’m so new to it. However I’m still a bit afraid it will consume loads of time since the needs of good documentation when conducting it and in combination with maybe 2 other methods this could be a deal breaker.
This week’s lecture given by Professor Haibo Lee was about how to get an idea, how to sort them, how to evaluate them and how to decide which one is good or bad. He also talked about when to leave an idea and how you test your ideas/find proof of concept. I found this lecture very interesting because of his background as an engineer, and it shined through in his presentation. Haibo had this idea that the definition of a problem is at least as important as the question of how to solve the problem. This means that one should therefore put great effort in the concept phase since it will save you a lot of time later on.
Sadly I missed this week's seminar due to other courses. After talking with some of my classmates who were there, I got the impression that it was a good seminar and that they had gained more clarity about different types of design research. Hopefully I will be able to catch up even more during the next seminar if there is a group that has written about design research.
I am also of your opinion that this week was very interesting and we learned some new interesting ways. Most important for me was that it is necessary to have a good prototype to really proof and evaluate a project, thesis or idea. U can’t develop an invention further without checking its real usability and this is only possible by creating a prototype and testing it. Do you agree?
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