The Design Conference Debates
| YEAR | DEBATERS | TOPIC |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Proposed by: Saeema Ahmed-Kristensen (University of Exeter, United Kingdom) and Martin Steinert (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway) Opposed by: Jonathan Cagan (Carnegie Mellon University, United States of America) and Valeria Pannunzio (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom) |
Product is Dead. Long Live Systems! |
| 2018 | Proposed by: Anja Maier (DNK) and Ola Isaksson (SWE) Opposed by: Joshua Summers (USA) and Phil Cash (DNK) |
This house believes that design research should focus its efforts in learning from real practitioners and stop running meaningless experiments with inexperienced students. |
| 2016 | Proposed by: John Gero (USA) and Ahmed Kovačević (GBR) Opposed by: Sandor Vajna (DEU) and Iris Graessler (DEU) |
This house believes that design methods created by design researchers are vital to practicing engineering designers. |
| 2014 | Proposed by: Steven Eppinger (USA) and Peter Törlind (SWE) Opposed by: Claudia Eckert (GBR) and Tom Howard (DNK) |
This house believes that in its present state design research spends too much effort on explaining what is done by designers instead of developing new ways to design. |
| 2012 | Proposed by: John Clarkson (GBR) and Warren Seering (USA) Opposed by: Bernard Yannou (FRA) and Maik Maurer (DEU) |
Design Research should be about developing new products, technologies and services, not theories, models and methods. |
