DESIGN feature RESWEDISH DESIGN RESEARCHSEARCH JOURNAL SVID, SWEDISH INDUSTRIAL DESIGN FOUNDATION #2.14 Where are we heading? FOCUS THE DESIGN DISCIPLINE IN TRANSFORMATION SWEDISH DESIGN RESEARCH PUBLISHER RESPONSIBLE UNDER SWEDISH DESIGN RESEARCH JOURNAL IS PUBLISHED BY SWEDISH PRESS LAW JOURNAL covers research on SWEDISHreportage INDUSTRIAL DESIGN Robin Edman, CEO SVID design, research for design and FOUNDATION (SVID) research through design. The EDITORIAL STAFF Address: Sveavägen 34 Eva-Karin Anderman, editor, SVID, magazine publishes research-based SE-111 34 Stockholm, Sweden
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[email protected] published. All research articles are forming – Experiments in creating Printers: TGM Sthlm assessed by an academic editorial Fenela Childs translated discursive engagements between ISSN 2000-964X the editorial sections. committee prior to publication. people, things, and environments. CONTENTS The whole picture 4 An interview with Sofia Svanteson, design strategist and founder of Ocean Obervations. Design knowledge with details and totalities 11 Both the field of study and the design profession are developing in various directions Meeting the Fox 18 Zsófia Szatmári-Margitai, PhD student from Hungary, about her future profession. Four design researchers – different specialisations 20 New doctoral graduates talk about specialisations and results What should a designer be taught? 25 Five representatives of Sweden’s traditional design schools answer questions.