Designing for additive manufacturing technologies: a design research methodology

Abstract

The poster presents a design research methodology of a doctoral granted ongoing research aiming to explore how product design can take advantages of Additive Manufacturing (AM) potential. Research methodology in design field is one of the main difficulties faced by new Ph.D design students. Present work proposes a carefully planned methodological approach with different data collecting methods that will be applied to achieve design knowledge in three main categories: praxeology, epistemology and phenomenology including interviews, focus groups sessions, think aloud protocol studies and final artefacts analysis. Data collecting instruments to be applied on phase one are already being tested in classroom context with design students developing a project lead by AM implications on design.