AbstractsBusiness Management & Administration

CULTURALISTIC DESIGN: DESIGN APPROACH TO CREATE PRODUCTS FOR SPECIFIC CULTURAL AND SUBCULTURAL GROUPS

by Brandon Allen




Institution: Auburn University
Department:
Year: 2009
Keywords: Industrial Design
Record ID: 1840184
Full text PDF: http://hdl.handle.net/10415/1601


Abstract

Designers have a unique process for solving problems commonly referred to as design thinking. Design thinking, especially on a cultural level can be used to tackle a wide range of creative and business issues. Design thinking with true cultural infusion is known as ΄Culturalistic Design‘, and can have profound and varying effects on product designs. It demands a different methodological approach: for at its core, it suggests that in order for design to really matter, designers need to think and know more about things besides design.