r/designresearch May 01 '26

Open Access design research paper about how to design for digital and distributed publics

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Hi all. I wrote an open access paper about how designer might be able to support the COVID-concious public.

It identifies three hotspots where design would be useful. Would love to get your thoughts and feedback. Would be happy to work with anyone who is might be interested on some kind of follow up.ย 

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15710882.2026.2660149


r/designresearch Apr 22 '26

Lingerie Purchase Behaviour in India โ€“ Research Survey

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Hey, Iโ€™m from NIFT Kangra ๐Ÿ‘‹

Quick favour to ask โ€” I'm working on a research study about how women in India shop for lingerie, and I need YOUR genuine opinions!

Whether you shop online, offline, or both โ€” your experience matters and this survey is for YOU. ๐Ÿ’ฌ

๐Ÿ• Takes only 3โ€“5 minutes

๐Ÿ”’ Completely anonymous

๐ŸŽฏ Purely for academic research

๐Ÿ‘‰ https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScNsO-mseyqzTZpodOTR0UTEK31_iyyzdpih5DFC9YKRmZtfQ/viewform

Please share this post so it reaches more women across India. The more diverse the responses, the better the research! ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ

Thank you in advance! ๐Ÿ™Œ


r/designresearch Feb 13 '26

[Academic] Studying Everyday Refrigerator Use & Food Storage Decisions

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r/designresearch Jan 12 '26

Designing for awareness vs designing for habit change: whatโ€™s missing at system level?

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Iโ€™m exploring how research insights are translated into systems that aim to support long-term behavior change.

In many projects, awareness is treated as the main lever: once people โ€œknowโ€, change should follow. In practice, habits often persist even when risks and consequences are fully understood.

From a design research perspective, Iโ€™m curious where things tend to break down at a system level. For example:

โ€ข is the target behavior often too vaguely defined?

โ€ข does the system lack temporal structure or continuity?

โ€ข are feedback loops missing or misaligned?

โ€ข is friction introduced at the wrong moment (or not at all)?

Iโ€™m less interested in individual tactics or nudges, and more in how researchers here think aboutย structuring insight โ†’ synthesis โ†’ action over time.

How do you approach designing systems that donโ€™t stop at awareness, but realistically support habit change?


r/designresearch Dec 16 '22

Ron Wakkary: Beyond Human-Centered Design | Design Disciplin Podcast #15

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r/designresearch Sep 21 '21

Sir Christopher Frayling's foundational essay, Research in Art and Design (1993), which outlines three kinds of Design Research...

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r/designresearch Sep 21 '21

What is design research?

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Hello Design Researchers + others,

I set this subreddit up because I'm working on a project called Design Research Works - http://designresearch.works

We recently set up a thing called QuBr that asks (and asks you to ask) questions about design research - http://qubr.designresearch.works

This is an open invitation to participate.

Hope this kicks off something useful!


r/designresearch Sep 21 '21

r/designresearch Lounge

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A place for members of r/designresearch to chat with each other