Louis L. Bucciarelli

The author develops his thesis based on three ethnographical studies of engineering projects: That design is fundamentally a social process, also in engineering where the ideal may be more systematic and objective. Bucciarelli analyzes design representations as socially mediating languages, identifies the problems of sharing visions in early stages of a design process, and argues that there are always many possible solutions in any given design situation. These and other insights are clearly relevant also for interaction design.… (mere)