Advancedesign: A renewed relationship between design and science for the future

Abstract

This essay raises issues on the evolution of design by focusing on the relationship between design and science in the contemporary era. It presents design researches that show a strong relationship between scientific acquisitions and design to highlight the emerging role of Advanced Design. The author analyses in these design research projects the mediation of the design and philosophy of design and defines three different levels and scales of this mediation: the instrumental level where design works as a tool for communication of science, the design for experimentation where design works as an explorative practice and the scenario level where design thinking grow up into the cross-disciplinary relationship with different sciences, the humanistic ones and the technical ones. On the basis of technoscientific opportunities, the Advanced Design as driving innovation factor arises between science and society. Finally in the Advanced Material Design’ paragraph, the author outlines design changes in relation to the technoproductive Paradigm of designed materials. The new scientific perspective of Advanced Material Design exploits new design methodologies. These are presented by three different case studies: Materialecology, Material Beliefs and Mathieu Lehanneur designs.