How We (Sometimes Do Not) Evaluate Design Support: A Review of How Design Support Is Evaluated in Practice

Camilla Arndt Hansen; Ali Gürcan Özkil

doi:10.35199/NORDDESIGN2020.45

How We (Sometimes Do Not) Evaluate Design Support: A Review of How Design Support Is Evaluated in Practice

Camilla Arndt Hansen, Ali Gürcan Özkil

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Abstract

Design support can benefit practitioners, but it must be evaluated to increase the likelihood of adoption in industry. This study investigated how design support was evaluated in the papers presented at NordDesign 2018. The results indicate a skewed balance between research that understands design and research that supports it, as 65% of papers had a major focus on design support and 42% of papers introduced new support. Results also indicate a lack of evaluation and rigour in evaluation as only 44% of new support was evaluated and only half of these evaluated with intended users.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of NordDesign 2020
Editors	N. H. Mortensen, C. T. Hansen, M. Deininger
Number of pages	12
Volume	DS 101
Publisher	Design Society
Publication date	2020
ISBN (Electronic)	9781912254088
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.35199/NORDDESIGN2020.45
Publication status	Published - 2020
Event	NordDesign 2020 - DTU-Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark Duration: 12 Aug 2020 → 14 Aug 2020 https://www.norddesign2020.dk/

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Conference	NordDesign 2020
Location	DTU-Technical University of Denmark
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Copenhagen
Period	12/08/2020 → 14/08/2020
Internet address	https://www.norddesign2020.dk/

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Design research
Design methods
Design support
Evaluation
Meta-research

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How We (Sometimes Do Not) Evaluate Design Support: A Review of How Design Support Is Evaluated in Practice. / Hansen, Camilla Arndt; Özkil, Ali Gürcan.
Proceedings of NordDesign 2020. ed. / N. H. Mortensen; C. T. Hansen; M. Deininger. Vol. DS 101 Design Society, 2020.

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