Drm, a Design Research Methodology
暫譯: 設計研究方法論 (Drm)

最初促使我們開發設計研究方法論（Design Research Methodology，簡稱DRM）及撰寫本書的動機，是對於缺乏共同術語、基準化研究方法，尤其是缺乏設計領域共同研究方法論的挫折感。我們缺少對於進行設計研究的目標和框架的共同看法。設計是一項跨學科的活動，涉及多個應用領域和多方利益相關者。因此，設計研究在多種學科中出現，針對各種應用和主題進行探討。這使得文獻回顧、關聯各項工作、尋找共同點，以及驗證和分享對於研究社群持續進步至關重要的結果變得特別困難。最重要的是，設計研究不僅需要在學術上取得成功，還需要在實務上取得成效。我們該如何幫助社群發展出既具學術價值又具實務價值的知識呢？我們每個人對於如何改善這種情況都有各自的想法。Lucienne Blessing在完成她的論文時，該論文涉及研究和改善設計過程，對於實證研究在開發和評估這些改進中的重要性和關係，獲得了寶貴的見解。Amaresh Chakrabarti在完成他的論文時，該論文專注於開發和評估改善產品的計算工具，對於整合和改善構建及評估工具的過程也獲得了寶貴的見解。

Both authors have been involved in design research for more than two decades, developing a deeper understanding of design and various effective forms of support for designers in the various stages of the design process. Lucienne Blessing has undertaken a variety of empirical design studies to better understand the design process as well as the requirements of methods and tools for design, resulting, e.g. in a support system for design. She has been teaching DRM - the Design Research Methodology described in this book - for ten years in an annual international Summer School on Engineering Design Research for PhD students. She received an award at the International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED97) for her contribution to design science. The second author's research led to the development of computer support for the creation of novel solutions for engineering design problems. For this work he received an award in the Morgans-Grampian UK Manufacturing Industry Awards competition. He has been teaching DRM to research students in India for seven years in an annual one Semester Course on Design Research Methodology for Masters and PhD students. The authors have led research teams, supervised a large number of student design research projects, in particular PhD research, and have been involved in a large number of design projects. The first author is are Co-Editor-in-Chief for Springer's Research in Engineering Design journal (the second is on the advisory board), and both are Advisory Editors of several other journals including Journal of Engineering Design (Taylor & Francis), AI EDAM (Cambridge University Press), and Advanced Engineering Informatics (Elsevier). The authors regularly chair sessions at conferences and have been members of various advisory boards and organising committees. They frequently review books, papers, dissertations, and grant applications for various countries and are both on the Advisory Board of the Design Society.

兩位作者在設計研究領域已經參與超過二十年，對設計及在設計過程各階段對設計師的各種有效支持形式有了更深入的理解。Lucienne Blessing 進行了多種實證設計研究，以更好地理解設計過程以及設計方法和工具的需求，並因此開發出一個設計支持系統。她在每年舉辦的國際工程設計研究暑期學校中教授本書所描述的設計研究方法論（Design Research Methodology，簡稱 DRM）已有十年，該課程專為博士生設計。她因對設計科學的貢獻而在國際工程設計會議（ICED97）上獲得獎項。第二位作者的研究促成了計算機支持的開發，以創造新穎的工程設計問題解決方案。因這項工作，他在英國摩根斯-格蘭比安製造業獎競賽中獲得獎項。他在印度教授 DRM 已有七年，並在每年開設的設計研究方法論（Design Research Methodology）一學期課程中教授碩士和博士生。兩位作者曾領導研究團隊，指導大量學生的設計研究項目，特別是博士研究，並參與了許多設計項目。第一位作者是施普林格（Springer）期刊《工程設計研究》（Research in Engineering Design）的共同主編（第二位作者為顧問委員會成員），兩人同時也是多本其他期刊的顧問編輯，包括《工程設計期刊》（Journal of Engineering Design，Taylor & Francis）、《AI EDAM》（劍橋大學出版社）和《先進工程資訊學》（Advanced Engineering Informatics，Elsevier）。兩位作者定期在會議上擔任會議主席，並曾是各種顧問委員會和組織委員會的成員。他們經常為各國的書籍、論文、學位論文和補助金申請進行審查，並且都是設計學會的顧問委員會成員。