A Novel Approach in Design Research: Reflexive Design

Abstract

The importance of the concept of reflexivity in design research gains importance in terms of bringing an alternative attention to the conventional scientific method debates. At international level, reflexivity is broadly discussed particularly in design research, but not discussed sufficiently at national level. Due to this deficiency, study aims to discuss the meaning of reflexive design through literature analysis, and drawing attention to the importance of the subject that is not discussed much in the national literature. The study provides a wide range of content related to the concept of reflexive design and focuses on bringing an innovative perspective to design research, which focuses on producing dialogue-based, subjective, productive, new and often unexpected knowledge forms. Principally, this study intents to contribute to the scientific method discussions in research focusing on the relations between theory and practice in the field of design.

Keywords

• design research
• reflexivity
• reflexive design

Tasarım Araştırmalarında Yenilikçi Bir Yaklaşım: Refleksiv Tasarım

Öz

Refleksiv tasarım, mevcut bilinen bilimsel metot ve teorilerin dışında, tasarımda teori ve pratik arasında yeni ilişkileri ortaya koymayı ve objektifliğin ötesinde subjektif olabilmeyi destekleyen, öz eleştiri ve referansın önemini sorgulayan çağdaş bir yaklaşımdır. Uluslararası literatürde özellikle son on yılda refleksivite kavramı tasarım araştırmalarında geniş bir şekilde tartışılmakta ancak bu tartışmalar ulusal düzeyde yeterince karşılığını bulamamaktadır. Bu kapsamda çalışma, literatür analizi ile refleksiv tasarım yaklaşımını tartışmayı; ulusal literatürde çok fazla ele alınmayan konunun önemine dikkat çekerek literatüre hem katkı sağlamayı hem de bu boşluğu doldurmayı hedeflemektedir. Ayrıca bu çalışma, tasarım araştırmalarında teori ve pratik arasındaki ilişkilere odaklanan araştırmalarda yöntem tartışmalarına katkı sağlamayı; bilindik, kalıplaşmış araştırma yaklaşımlarının ötesinde, diyalog temelli, subjektif, üretken, yeni ve genellikle beklenmedik biçimler üretmeyi merkeze alan tasarım araştırmalarına yenilikçi bir bakış açısı kazandırmayı temel almaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• tasarım araştırmaları
• refleksivite
• refleksiv tasarım

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