SEADS Workshop
Scientific and Designerly Approaches
to Knowledge Creation
What is the SEADS Workshop?
The aim of the SEADS (Shared Exploration Across Science & Design) workshop was to bring scientific and design researchers together to develop a shared understanding of each other's research and discovery approaches.
This cross disciplinary dialog sought to build collaboration capacities across these two fields. The limited-size gathering was to enable participants to get to know each other one-on-one, while working towards building a framework for collaboration. Participants were researchers from a broad range of sub-disciplines within science and design (see names of contributors below).
Hosted by Stanford University, Center for Design Research and sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Emergent Themes
During the workshop, we encouraged participants to learn about each other’s disciplines by sharing of cultural and research practices. We covered topics that were pertinent to both fields: novelty, risk, research and knowledge aspiration, work and physical environment, bottlenecks and challenges, and willingness to collaborate.
Here are some themes that emerged and were captured in real-time as the discussions unfolded. Graphics by Erik Jacobson of Three Story Studio: The Design of Information
Outcomes and Ongoing Work
compilation of perspectives on science + design research approaches, collaboration interests, project ideas, needs, and challenges
framework for developing co-creation strategies across scientists and designers
understanding what designers want to know and understand about Science? (and scientists about design).
community building: co-authored manuscripts and proposals (in development), invited talks, and planning of future activities to expand beyond this initial experiment
dissemination of workshop findings (links will be provided here)
Participants
Rieko Yajima, Ph.D, Research Scholar Center for Design Research, Stanford University | Larry Leifer, Ph.D. , Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Founding Director, Center for Design Research, Stanford University | Neeraj Sonalkar, Ph.D. , Senior Design Researcher, Center for Design Research, Stanford University | Ade Mabogunje, Ph.D. , Senior Scientist and Associate Director, Center for Design Research, Stanford University | Bruce Alberts, Ph.D. , Chancellor’s Leadership Chair in Biochemistry & Biophysics for Science & Education, University of California, San Francisco, President Emeritus, National Academy of Sciences | Mariana Amatullo, Ph.D. , Vice President Designmatters Department, Art Center College of Design | Jeffrey Tsao, Ph.D. , Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Labs | Satu Miettinen, Ph.D. , Professor, Vice Dean, Applied Art and Design, Faculty of Art and Design, University of Lapland | Curtis Frank, Ph.D Professor, Chemical Engineering Stanford University | Jeffrey Osborn, Ph.D. , Dean, School of Science, The College of New Jersey | Erik Jacobson, Threestory Studio: The Design of Information | Greg Horowitt, Partner, Kai Capital Partners, Co-Founder Global Connect at UCSD | David Ranftler, Visiting Scholar in Mechanical Engineering + Science of Communication, Center for Design Research & Aachen University
Group discussion in the d.school studio.
Creating a persona of a scientist: Jeff Tsao is our stand-in.
Creating a persona of a designer: empathy emerges as a major theme.
Rieko Yajima explaining to Larry Leifer, Curt Frank, and Mariana Amatullo about the workspace in science and policy.
Larry Leifer comparing the"science paradigm" verus "design paradigm"
Creating a persona of a designer: Mariana Amatullo is our stand-in.
Creating a persona of a scientist: raises a conversation about the ENVIRONMENT that a scientist works in: hostile.
Bruce Alberts, Neeraj Sonalkar and Jeff Tsao constructing the research lab of the future