PhD By Design: Rethinking Practices to Bring Together Practice-Based Design Researchers Conducting PhD’s

Alison Thomson, Maria Portugal, Søren Rosenbak, Bianca Elzenbaumer

Practice-based design PhDs have gained momentum, but the integration of design practice into the PhD thesis lacks consensus. The PhD By Design initiative offers insights and reflections on approaches to enable productive collaboration among design practitioners conducting practice-based PhDs. The initiative includes events, publications, and an interactive database showcasing practice-based research in design.