%0 Journal Article %1 Béguin03 %A Béguin, Pascal %D 2003 %J Interacting with Computers %K appropriation design designapproaches dialogicality eLPBookMor genesis instrumental jls10 mathgamespatterns mythesis participatory postdocapplication world %N 5 %P 709-730 %R doi:10.1016/S0953-5438(03)00060-2 %T Design as a mutual learning process between users and designers %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0953-5438(03)00060-2 %V 15 %X In the instrument-mediated activity approach, it is argued that artifacts are far from being finished when the final technical specifications leave the research and design office. It is up to the user, in and through its use, to turn the artifact into an instrument. If the design process continues as the artifact is being used in real situations, then how can we conceptualize the design process? This article proposes an understanding of project management as a mutual learning process that takes place during exchanges of activity. After discussing how such activity exchanges can be extended to mutual learning among users and designers, a concrete case is presented to illustrate the approach: designing an alarm system to guard against chemical runaways in chemical plants.

@article{Béguin03, abstract = {In the instrument-mediated activity approach, it is argued that artifacts are far from being finished when the final technical specifications leave the research and design office. It is up to the user, in and through its use, to turn the artifact into an instrument. If the design process continues as the artifact is being used in real situations, then how can we conceptualize the design process? This article proposes an understanding of project management as a mutual learning process that takes place during exchanges of activity. After discussing how such activity exchanges can be extended to mutual learning among users and designers, a concrete case is presented to illustrate the approach: designing an alarm system to guard against chemical runaways in chemical plants.}, added-at = {2008-05-30T00:56:58.000+0200}, author = {Béguin, Pascal}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2c83fd7122832363fec5bf2d0a482ca3b/yish}, citeulike-article-id = {404614}, comment = {uses sociocultural theory and an industrial case study to support and illustrate the idea that successful design is a product of a iterative mutual learning process, involving the user and the designer. Proposes a model which utilizes iterative exchange and discussion of design artefacts.}, doi = {doi:10.1016/S0953-5438(03)00060-2}, interhash = {64d23760fd1157b5e3b9cec6e81ed236}, intrahash = {c83fd7122832363fec5bf2d0a482ca3b}, journal = {Interacting with Computers}, keywords = {appropriation design designapproaches dialogicality eLPBookMor genesis instrumental jls10 mathgamespatterns mythesis participatory postdocapplication world}, number = 5, pages = {709-730}, priority = {2}, timestamp = {2010-07-07T17:03:22.000+0200}, title = {Design as a mutual learning process between users and designers}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0953-5438(03)00060-2}, volume = 15, year = 2003 }