I recently came across a blog by Molly Yee at the University of Minnesota called Inquiry by Design. The name and premise of the blog is inspired by John Zeisel's book of the same name (incidentally an updated and revised version of Zeisel's book came out in 2006 with a chapter on neuroscience and architecture).
'Inquiry By Design' is characterized by the notion of asking, examining, investigating, questioning and therefore learning through design. It involves observing behavior, interviewing, analyzing... effective researching to enhance design. Research doesn't have to be scientific, just exloratory [sic]. How can we make design better? By learning from what has already been accomplished, by measuring the qualities and analyzing impact. That is 'Inquiry By Design'. -- Molly Yee, "Inquiry By Design"While it looks like Yee's blog is no longer active, there are several posts that are promising starts to addressing the thesis of her blog. It appears as if her blog is in response to a class assignment in that the posts seem to have a forced direction. But all in all it is more theoretical and asks more questions than it answers.
