The Value of Design: A study of the role of design in innovation
Lead Research Organisation:
Lancaster University
Department Name: Lancaster Inst for the Contemporary Arts
Abstract
The principal research aim of this research project is to identify the specific conditions (e.g. leadership, culture, briefing processes) under which design is likely to make a substantial contribution to certain forms of innovation.
Working with the TSB and the Creative Industries KTN the research will create a framework of categories which constitute the range of conditions under which design can contribute to innovation., this will include the ways in which organisations can absorb and diffuse design's value to innovation, the leadership styles and roles necessary and the cultural and environmental factors. The work will make explicit the complex briefing process and evaluation of exemplar projects, identifying design specific innovation where is exists. The research will make recommendations on the application and scalability of the findings.
Working with the TSB and the Creative Industries KTN the research will create a framework of categories which constitute the range of conditions under which design can contribute to innovation., this will include the ways in which organisations can absorb and diffuse design's value to innovation, the leadership styles and roles necessary and the cultural and environmental factors. The work will make explicit the complex briefing process and evaluation of exemplar projects, identifying design specific innovation where is exists. The research will make recommendations on the application and scalability of the findings.
Organisations
Publications
Boyeun L
(2022)
Continuous cycles of data-enabled design: reimagining the IoT development process
in Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing: AIEDAM
Alter H
(2019)
Learning by design. How engagement practitioners use tools to stretch the creative potential of their citizen participation practice
in The Design Journal
| Description | DRS Conference; Bilbao Spain |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Portuguese Design Research Advisor |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | UKPRP Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) meeting |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Academy of Design Innovation Management Keynote |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote address with professional practitioner about the use of design in industry |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Approaches to Design Research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote speaker on Approaches to Design Research, and significant outcome was the encouraging of academics to develop design research initiatives |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | CCHC report launch at the House of Lords |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | I was invited to to give a presentation at the House of Lords about the CCHC's healthcare research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | CHEAD Space & Place meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk to Council for Education in Art and Design about Design Research at Imagination |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | DIID conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I was invited to present a 30 minute talk at the Disegno Industriale Industrial Design conference on design research and policy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | DRS Conference; Bilbao Spain |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I presented research at the DRS Conference in Bilbao (21 June 2022) on design, health and cities. This also had an impact on Bilboa government and their policy on cities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Design For Change |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Chaired the first day, summing up the thinking throughout the day |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Design Innovation Management |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote and recipient of life time achievment award |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Design in Context |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Design in Context at Instanbul Bilgi University |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Designing Place Based Policy Symposium (Imagination Networks Event) - Imagination Lab |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Policy members and other attendees from industries attended the Designing Place Based Policy Symposium at the Imagination Lab at Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts (LICA) which provided valuable networking opportunities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | EAD Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The future of Design education was debated |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | EPSRC & NIHR Transforming care and health at home launch event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | I was invited to speak on IOT and healthcare on 21 November 2022, which sparked discussion in these disciplines. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | EXALT Paris |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote address on the Value of Design |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Emerging Models for Transdisciplinary Design |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | International adotion of interdisciplinary research - Panel member |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Equitable Public Health and Imagination |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Gave a presentation at the Equitable Public Health and Imagination symposium |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | European Academy of Design Presidential Speech |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A review of the Design Research community and history |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Evolving cities Keynote: Creating Healthy cities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discussion virtual and physical about the design of future places |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Healthy City Design conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Invited to give a keynote on Commision for Creating Healthy Cities and Panel Chair on healthy places on 11th October 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | How to influence Government Innovation and Design Policies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Keynote speaker on Influencing Government Innovation and Design Policies. This influenced a change in the way Design Education is evaluated internationally |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | IASDR Keynote Thinking differently, designing radically |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on how we need to change the way we think and design |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | ID@50 Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented a talk on the move towards an integrated approach in design manegment, the new complexities of design and outcomes of design integration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | International Society Associations of Design Research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Summing up the days presentations and illustrating the pathway to the future |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Jury of embryo-projects CIAUD - Design |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | I am a member of jury for Design Competition Portugal. This was a videoconference meeting to discuss embryo-projects CIAUD. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Panel Guest Cancer Research UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Panel Discussion on the role of the environment as a contributor to Non communicable Disease more specifically Cancer |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Practice Research Symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Invited by Gabriele Grigoreva to speak at the Practice Research Symposium: Panel 6. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation to University of Tehran |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | presentation to the University of Tehran |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Social Innovation Conference UAL |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | I was a speaker and panelist at the Social Innovation Conference UAL, this event sparked further valuable discussions on research policy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | The Great Competition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The Great Competition, The Design Museum completion. Panel judge |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | UHWB Summer School Lecture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | I was invited to give a presentation to the International Science Council sub group on Urban Health and Wellbeing on 27 July 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | University of the Arts Lisbon |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote address on the Value of Design |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |