Visual practices and the objects used in design

Building Research and Information

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-27

  Whyte, Jennifer K ^a   Ewenstein, Boris ^a   Hales, Michael ^b   Tidd, Joe ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design; Knowledge; Learning; Objects; Visual practices

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATERIALS SCIENCE; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

OBJECTS; REFREEZING; UNFREEZING; VISUAL PRACTICES;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 33751549355     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613210601036697     Document Type: Article

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