This paper reports two studies of the design process within engineering firms. The studies were based on participant-observation techniques: in each case the firm was approached in the way an ethnographer might approach a foreign culture. The paper presents and discusses observations of typical activities that occur in the design process. In particular, design is observed as a social process. Three types of discourse are identified: constraining, naming and deciding. © 1988.
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Bucciarelli, L. L. (1988). An ethnographic perspective on engineering design. Design Studies, 9(3), 159–168. https://doi.org/10.1016/0142-694X(88)90045-2
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