Design can exist without "the research." But if we don't study the world, we don't always know how or what to create. Recently, my colleague Ben McAllister contributed a piece to this section ...

Design Research puts our audience at the heart of what we do when creating the websites and apps you know and love. A key part of this is our fascination with people, what they need, how they ...

Translational research, or ‘use-inspired’ research, builds upon basic scientific research synthesizing knowledge to design a new or improved drug, device, diagnostic, or behavioral intervention. The ...

Sometimes, your first idea is not your best one. But you might fixate on it, especially if the idea has worked for you before. In academic terms, this phenomenon is called design fixation.

Design-Based Implementation Research (DBIR) is an approach to organizing research and development intended to address these challenges. It is an emerging approach to relating research and practice ...