Design research and the study of the possible
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SAGE Publications
Department of Engineering
https://doi.org/10.1177/27538699221128218
Department of Engineering
https://doi.org/10.1177/27538699221128218
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Design research has much to contribute to and much to gain from the emerging field of possibility studies. In this short essay, I discuss these opportunities with respect to four topics: (1) processes of mediation and representation, (2) systems perspectives on creative work, (3) methodological options for investigation, and (4) educational challenges that should be addressed. Considering design research’s contributions to each of these topics raises interesting questions that possibility studies might address as it develops. Conversely, possibility studies is already raising issues that design research should also attend to.