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==Emergence of design research and design studies==

The design methods movement had a profound influence on the development of academic interest in design and designing and the emergence of [[design research]] and [[design studies]].<ref>Bayazit, N. (2004) "Investigating Design: A Review of Forty Years of Design Research." ''Design Issues'' '''20''', 1, 16-29.</ref> Arising directly from the 1962 Conference on Design Methods, the [[Design Research Society]] (DRS) was founded in the UK in 1966. The purpose of the Society is to promote "the study of and research into the process of designing in all its many fields" and is an interdisciplinary group with many professions represented.

Arising directly from the 1962 Conference on Design Methods, the Design Research Society (DRS) was founded in the UK in 1966. The purpose of the Society is to promote "the study of and research into the process of designing in all its many fields" and is an interdisciplinary group with many professions represented.

In the USA, a similar Design Methods Group (DMG) was also established in 1966 by [[Horst Rittel]] and others at the [[University of California, Berkeley]]. The DMG held a conference at [[MIT]] in 1968<ref>Moore, G. T. (ed.) (1970) ''Emerging Methods in Environmental Design and Planning''. MIT Press, USA.</ref> with a focus on environmental design and planning, and that led to the foundation of the [[Environmental Design Research Association]] (EDRA), which held its first conference in 1969. A group interested in design methods and theory in architecture and engineering formed at MIT in the early 1980s, including [[Donald Schön]], who was studying the working practices of architects, engineers and other professionals and developing his theory of [[reflective practice]]. In 1984 the [[National Science Foundation]] created a Design Theory and Methodology Program to promote methods and process research in engineering design.

InMeanwhile Germanyin Europe, Vladimir Hubka established the ''Workshop Design-Konstruction'' (WDK),which led to a series of International Conferences on Engineering Design (ICED) beginning in 1981 and later became [[the Design Society]].

In 1984 the USA [[National Science Foundation]] created a Design Theory and Methodology Program to promote this kind of process research in engineering design.

Academic research journals in design also began publication. DRS initiated ''Design Studies''<ref>https://www.journals.elsevier.com/design-studies</ref> in 1979, ''Design Issues''<ref>https://www.mitpressjournals.org/loi/desi</ref> appeared in 1984, and ''Research in Engineering Design''<ref>https://link.springer.com/journal/163</ref> in 1989.