The Routledge Companion to Design Research (Second edition)

Offers an updated, comprehensive examination of design research, celebrating a plurality of voices and range of conceptual, methodological, technological and theoretical approaches evident in contemporary design research.

Examines the nature and process of design research, the purpose of design research, and how one might embark on design research.

Explores how leading design researchers conduct their design research through formulating and asking questions in novel ways, and the creative methods and tools they use to collect and analyse data.