Bartosz Ciechanowski

Interactive articles about science and engineering.

Special Issue Editorial – Accumulation and Evolution of Design Knowledge in Design Science Research: A Journey Through Time and Space

Sir Isaac Newton (1676) famously said, “If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” Research is a collaborative, evolutionary endeavor—and it is no different with design science research (DSR), which builds upon existing design knowledge and creates new design knowledge to pass on to future projects. However, despite the vast, growing body of DSR contributions, scant evidence of the accumulation and evolution of design knowledge has been articulated in an organized DSR body of knowledge. Most contributions rather stand on their own feet than on the shoulders of giants, and this continues to limit how far we can see, curtailing the extent of the broader impacts that can be made through DSR. In this editorial, we aim at providing guidance on how to position design knowledge contributions in wider problem and solution spaces. We propose (1) a model conceptualizing design knowledge as a resilient relationship between problem and solution spaces, (2) a model that demonstrates how individual DSR projects consume and produce design knowledge, (3) a map to position a design knowledge contribution in problem and solution spaces, and (4) principles on how to use this map in a DSR project. We show how fellow researchers, readers, editors, and reviewers, as well as the IS community as a whole, can make use of these proposals, and also illustrate future research opportunities.

Design Engineer Tools

A list of useful tools for web-focused design engineers; curated by James Warner.

Atomic Design by Brad Frost

Learn how to create and maintain digital design systems, allowing your team to roll out higher quality, more consistent UIs faster than ever before.

Just Enough Research — MULE BOOKS

The bestselling design research classic. Essential knowledge, also jokes.

Designs for the pluriverse: radical interdependence, autonomy, and the making of worlds

"Arturo Escobar presents a new vision of design theory by arguing for the creation of what he calls 'autonomous design'--a design practice aimed at channeling design's world-making capacity toward ways of being and doing that are deeply attuned to justice and the Earth"--Publisher description

Sensibilities as Knowledge in Design Research

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A new kind of design education.

For an era of change.Arriving fall 2026.

Open Source Design

Connecting open source & design! 🎨

The Politics of Design: A (Not So) Global Design Manual for Visual Communication

A (Not So) Global Design Manual for Visual Communication

Claude and Paper - Peter Van Dijck's homepage

I've always done a lot of engineering work on paper, figuring out relationships, page layouts, models, UX etc.

DesignABetterBusiness.tools | Tool Overview

Search and download all of the tools from the book Design A Better Business

Interfaces › Design Engineering Magazine

Interfaces is a design engineering magazine about building great interfaces that covers topics such as animation, typography, layout and color.

BIS Publishers | Convivial Toolbox

This book introduces an emerging domain of design research that is of immense interest today: Generative design research. This is an approach to bring ...

emilkowalski/skills

Skills for Design Engineers.