Rethinking Prototyping

Our design culture influences our thinking culture and vice versa. Design prototypes have a process character; whereas, technological prototypes are the results of R&D work. How does the process and result change when one thinks of prototyping together? The "Rethinking Prototyping" project focuses precisely on this question.
The "Rethinking Prototyping" project is organized into three research groups composed of interdisciplinary partners.
The subproject "Hybrid Prototyping" focuses on the combined development of products and services, the so-called product-service systems (PSS).
The researchers in the subproject "Blended Prototyping" are from the fields of design research and usability research. They link low and high fidelity prototyping methods in the development of mobile interfaces.
The third research group "Beyond Prototyping" uses rapid manufacturing technologies to produce one-off pieces, which previously had been created in serial production facilities.

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Reflection on the approaches

A connection is drawn between the meanings of and ways prototypes are used in individual disciplines.

© Stephanie Neumann