This document discusses the relationship between design methods and research methods. It proposes two concepts: 1. Researcherly design methods - Methods used by researchers trained in design, such as addressing problems and producing solutions with a focus on proficiency and producing outcomes for particular uses. 2. Designerly research methods - Methods used by designers trained in research, such as addressing questions to produce knowledge with a focus on criticality and producing transferable outcomes determined by peer impact. The document argues that the same techniques can be used for both design and research but with different purposes depending on whether the individual is taking a design or research perspective. It provides examples of researchers who span both areas and references works exploring these concepts further

1. Designerly Research Methods and
Researcherly Design Methods
Ricardo Sosa, PhD
aut.ac.nz/profiles?id=rsosa
@designcomputing

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3. Rich Goldstein’s matrix of creative hats

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Yee, J. (2017). The researcherly designer/the designerly researcher. In L. Vaughan (Ed.),
Practice-based Design Research (pp. 155). London: Bloomsbury Academic.

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‘Methods used by the practitioner can stand as
research methods in their own right’

8. The ‘same’ techniques, tools, and methods
are indeed used by individuals for design
activity and when they ‘change hats’ to
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9. How they use these methods can be
clearly distinguished by the purposes for
which they use them

10. Rich Goldstein’s matrix of creative hats

11. Professional uses Academic uses

12. Researcherly design methods
• To address problems
• To produce solutions
• Proficiency is king
• Use is opaque
• Outcomes are particular
• Quality of product
• Clients determine impact
Designerly research methods
•To address questions
•To produce knowledge
•Criticality is queen
•Use is communicable
•Outcomes are transferable
•Quality of process
•Peers determine impact

13. Sosa R. and Grocott L. (2020) The creative
translation of design methods into social research,
in Researching in The Age of Covid-19. Volume 3:
Creativity and Ethics. Editor(s): Kara, Helen and
Khoo, Su-ming. Policy Press, Bristol.

14. Designerly Research Methods and
Researcherly Design Methods
Ricardo Sosa, PhD
aut.ac.nz/profiles?id=rsosa
@designcomputing

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