HISTORY
DESIGN DEPARTMENT
History and theory of product design –
The scenario:
You are working for a product design company as a senior designer. Your creative director has requested you
to prepare a research paper that can be presented in the design conference.
You need to make sure that the academic paper has following basic sections in addition to any other
sub-heading you want to add:
Example question: “Importance of design history for new product development”
The paper should include
Title, Authors, Affiliation
Abstract
• An abstract is an outline/brief summary of your paper and your whole project. It
should have an intro, body and conclusion.
Introduction
• The introduction to show readers and reviewers why your research topic is worth
reading about. It presents the background to your study, introduces your topic and
aims, and objectives.
Literature Review
• Collects key sources on a topic and discusses those sources to gain an understanding
of the existing research and debates relevant to a particular topic, and identify the gap
that you will fill.
Methodology
o This are the research methods that you will use to investigate the problem; it could
include primary research methods such as interview, survey, focus grou
