Provocative design for unprovocative designers: Strategies for triggering personal dilemmas

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Abstract

Traditional design approaches stimulate the creation of products that make daily interactions more efficient, comfortable, and pleasant. In contrast, provocative design approaches, such as critical design, have a different focus: they aim to challenge the status quo through products that expose assumptions and stimulate discussion. In this paper, we argue that intentionally triggering personal dilemmas is a novel design approach that may be a means to enabling self-reflection. In line with this, this paper proposes three design strategies for triggering dilemmas. These strategies are explained through existing designs and supported by design ideas created using them. Our findings indicate that triggering dilemmas is a counter- intuitive design intention, which can be supported by exercises that facilitate perspective taking and stalling moral judgment. We conclude with a discussion on the overlap between triggering dilemmas and other provocative design fields.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of DRS 2016, Design + Research + Society - Future-Focused ThinkingDesign
Subtitle of host publicationResearch Society 50th Anniversary Conference
EditorsPeter Lloyd, Erik Bohemia
Place of PublicationLondon
PublisherThe Design Research Society
Pages2001-2016
Number of pages16
Volume1
Publication statusPublished - 2016
Event2016 Design Research Society 50 Anniversary Conference - Brighton, United Kingdom
Duration: 27 Jun 201630 Jun 2016
http://www.drs2016.org/proceedings/

Publication series

NameDRS International Conference Series
PublisherThe Design Research Society
ISSN (Print)2398-3132

Conference

Conference2016 Design Research Society 50 Anniversary Conference
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityBrighton
Period27/06/1630/06/16
Internet address

Keywords

  • well-being
  • automotive design
  • positive design
  • car-sharing

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