Design and Science addresses the inter-relationship, in both historical and contemporary contexts, between design thinking and design processes and scientific and medical research methods.
Contributors address the parallels between research methodologies in design and the sciences, both of which involve the recognition of an issue, conceptualisation of ways to resolve it, and then the modelling and implementation of a viable solution. Much research across various scientific disciplines follows a similar pattern. Thematic sections explore visualisation, visual narrative and visual metaphor; biodesign and biomimicry; makers and users in design and science, and data visualisation, discussing the role of data from nature as an ultimate source of design.
Edited by:
Leslie Atzmon (Eastern Michigan University USA)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 232mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 30mm
Weight: 760g
ISBN: 9781350276925
ISBN 10: 1350276928
Pages: 360
Publication Date: 21 August 2025
Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction, Leslie Atzmon (Eastern Michigan University, USA) Part One: Visual Metaphor, Conceptualization, and Modeling Ideas in Design and Science 1. Matters of Mathematics: Designerly Practices in Geometry, K Lee Chichester (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany) 2. Agile Artifacts—Designing the Incomplete, Jan Eckert (Swiss Center for Design and Health, Switzerland) and Daniel Eckert (BioNTech, Germany) 3. Diagramming ArtScience: Designing at Knowledge Intersections, Clarissa Ai Ling Lee (University of Malaya) and Matt Cornell (Independent Choreographer and Artist) 4. Phenomenal Machines: An Interview with Nicole Koltick, Leslie Atzmon (Eastern Michigan University, USA) Part Two: Biomimicry and Biodesign 5. Design Inspired by Nature: The Bat Brolly, Clint Penick (Kennesaw State University, USA) and Prasad Boradkar (Google and Arizona State University, USA) 6. Purifungi, A Natural Aid Kit for the Earth, Audrey Speyer (PuriFungi, Belgium) 7. Vital Matters: Growing Living Materials, Victoria Geaney (University of the Arts London, UK) 8. Follow Your Nose, Miriam Simun (Independent Artist) and Sharon Lin (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) Part Three: Makers and Users in Design and Science 9. URBN STEAMlab and Biophilic Environments: Science, Art, and Design, Diana Nicholas and Shivanthi Anandan (Drexel University, USA) 10. Designing a Scientific Instrument: Lessons from the Crookes Radiometer, Lina Hakim (Kingston University, UK) 11. From the Laboratory to the Studio: Microorganisms in Art and Design, Nurit Bar-Shai (Independent Artist and Designer, Israel) and Christine Marizzi (BioBus, USA) 12. Making Justice with Biodesign: A Pedagogical Approach, Deepa Butoliya (University of Michigan, USA) Part 4: Data Manifestation in Design and Science 13. Data Manifestation: Climate Change Data in the Home and on the Body, Karin von Ompteda (Ontario College of Art and Design University, Canada) 14. Visual Thinking and the Art of Medical Diagnosis, Michael Chandler (MD, New York, USA) 15. The Scientist’s Social Network: Reimagining Crystallographic Diagrams Ahead of the 1951 Festival Pattern Group Collaboration, Emily Candela (Royal College of Art, UK) 16. Cinematic Data Visualization, Catherine Griffiths (University of Michigan, USA)
Leslie Atzmon is Professor of Graphic Design at Eastern Michigan University, USA. She has authored and edited several books, including Encountering Things (Bloomsbury, 2017) with Prasad Boradkar, and Visual Rhetoric and the Eloquence of Design (2011). She is the editor, with Teal Triggs, of The Graphic Design Reader (Bloomsbury, 2018).
