Notes on the boring basics stuff in PD proliferation

Abstract

This paper describes the rationale and some basic features for building up a particular kind of handbook for designer-user relations, namely, one genuinely targeted to designers in industry unaware of even the basic techniques of collaborating with users or even analyzing their work and environments. There is a need to show the variety of different methods in answering typical design problems, need to present basic skills so they scale up from the very basics to referencing the cutting edge, and, lastly to include a section of case-examples of typical moments to allow clear comparisons over different approaches; their requirements, costs and possible benefits.