Brian Dixon

Research output

Research output per year 2012 2014 2020 2022 2023 2024

• 18 Article
• 3 Other
• 2 Book
• 1 Conference contribution
• 1 More
  • 1 Paper

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• A mobilisation of walking: GPS technology and the exploratory urban walker

  Dixon, B., 2013, In: Urban Pamphleteer. 1, 1, p. 17-19 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File
  29 Downloads (Pure)

• An interface design for urban recreational walking: A practice-based case study

  Dixon, B., 18 Nov 2018, In: Information Design Journal. 24, 1, p. 26-41 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Interface Design 100%
  • Surrounding Environment 100%
  • Environment 100%
  • Urban 100%
  • User Experience 50%
  61 Downloads (Pure)

• Constructing a Reconstructed Philosophy: A Deweyan Philosophy-through-Design

  Dixon, B., 2 Mar 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Design Issues. 39, 4

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Philosophy 100%
  • Engagement 20%
  • Designer 20%
  • Research Practice 20%
  • Horizon Line 20%
  70 Downloads (Pure)

• Design, Philosophy and Making Things Happen

  Dixon, B., 13 Feb 2023, Abingdon: Routledge. 206 p. (Design Research for Change)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

  • Philosophy 100%
  • Research Design 100%
  • Design Research 100%
  • Experience 60%
  • Books 40%

• Designing for reimagined communities

  McHattie, L-S. & Dixon, B., 2 Jan 2022, In: CoDesign. 18, 1, p. 1-3 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  54 Downloads (Pure)

• Design Innovation: Experimental Creative Research Approaches

  McHattie, L-S., MacLean, D. & Dixon, B., 1 Jul 2013, IASDR 2013.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

  Open Access

  File
  34 Downloads (Pure)

• Dewey and Design: A Pragmatist Perspective for Design Research

  Dixon, B., 2 Jul 2020, 1 ed. Cham: Springer Nature. 207 p. (Design Research Foundations)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

  • pragmatist 100%
  • Literature 50%
  • Labour 37%
  • Philosophy 25%
  • Texts 12%

• Domain-Independent Design Theory and Methodology to Boost the Adoption of Design Methods

  Borgianni, Y., Dixon, B., Ekwaro-Osire, S., Nespoli, O., Summers, J., Wan, T. & Zeng, Y., 25 Jan 2023, In: Journal of Integrated Design and Process Science. 26, 3-4, p. 235-246 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Design Method 100%
  • Design 100%
  • Paper 100%
  • Society 33%
  • Industry 33%

• Educating for Appropriate Design Practice: Insights from Design Innovation

  Dixon, B. & Murphy, E., 1 Jun 2017, In: Design Management Journal. 11, 1, p. 58-66 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File
  63 Downloads (Pure)

• Experiencing the Structure: Considering the Possibility of Studying How Typographic Forms are Encountered Through the Application of Information Design Theory

  Dixon, B., 1 Dec 2015, p. Track F.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  Open Access

  File
  25 Downloads (Pure)

• Experiments in Experience: Towards an Alignment of Research through Design and John Dewey’s Pragmatism

  Dixon, B., 22 Mar 2019, In: Design Issues. 35, 2, p. 5-16 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Research 100%
  • Experience 100%
  • Alignment 100%
  • Pragmatism 100%
  • Theory 50%
  13 Citations (Scopus)

  170 Downloads (Pure)

• From Making Things Public to the Design of Creative Democracy: Dewey's Democratic Vision and Participatory Design

  Dixon, B., 21 Dec 2018, (Published online) In: CoDesign. 16, 2, p. 97-110 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Democracy 100%
  • Participatory Design 100%
  • Conceptualization 60%
  • Linking 33%
  • Practical Implication 33%
  6 Citations (Scopus)

  187 Downloads (Pure)

• From You are Here to I Could Be There: Investigating how novel information design approaches for GPS-enabled wayfinding interfaces can support situation awareness

  Dixon, B., 8 Apr 2014.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Other › peer-review

  File

  • Design Information 100%
  • Situation Awareness 100%
  • Wayfinding 100%
  • Reasoning 50%
  • Semistructured Interview 50%
  17 Downloads (Pure)

• How can Design Make Things Better? Dewey’s Inquiry and McKeon’s Pluralism as the basis for Meliorism in Design

  Dixon, B. & Kaszynska, P., 6 Jan 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Design Issues.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File
  16 Downloads (Pure)

• Introduction: Dewey, Pragmatism and Design Inquiry

  Dixon, B., 28 Mar 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Design Issues. 39, 4

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Introduction 100%
  • Inquiry 100%
  • Attention 100%
  • Pragmatism 100%
  284 Downloads (Pure)

• Participatory design for democratic innovation: participation requests and community empowerment in Scotland

  Broadley, C. & Dixon, B., 29 Dec 2022, (Published online) In: Policy Design and Practice. 5, 4, p. 444-465 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • UK 100%
  • Communities 100%
  • Social Participation 100%
  • Empowerment 100%
  • Community 100%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  54 Downloads (Pure)

• Playing Games with Gadamer; Language for the Epistemic Journey of the Player and Protagonist

  Meakin, E., Dixon, B. & Akser, M., 31 Dec 2023, (Published online) In: Game Studies. 23, 3

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Protagonist 100%
  • Journey 100%
  • Epistemic 100%
  • Game Playing 100%
  • Languages 100%
  8 Downloads (Pure)

• Pre-Reflection-in-Action: Rethinking Schön’s Reflective Practice through the ‘Habits of Design

  Rylander Eklund, A., Dixon, B. & Wegener, F., 2 Mar 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Design Issues. 39, 4, p. 1-13 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Action 100%
  • Reflective Practice 100%
  • Thinking 100%
  • Presentation 75%
  • Labour 25%
  240 Downloads (Pure)

• Processing the method: Linking Deweyan logic and design-in-research

  Dixon, B. & French, T., 10 Aug 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Design Studies.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Methods 100%
  • Research 100%
  • Logic 100%
  • Reasoning 100%
  • Research Design 50%
  26 Downloads (Pure)

• Schön’s Design Inquiry: Reinvigorating the quest for a pragmatist epistemology of practice

  Weneger, F., Dixon, B., Rylander Eklund, A. & Lake, D., 1 Jun 2022, (Accepted/In press).

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Other

  Open Access

  File

  • Action 100%
  • Quest 100%
  • Epistemology 100%
  • pragmatist 100%
  • Inquiry 100%
  53 Downloads (Pure)

• Scoping a Justificatory Narrative for Design Practice in Research: Some Epistemological Intersections in Dewey, Wittgenstein and Heidegger

  Dixon, B., 24 Feb 2020, (Published online) In: Design Issues. n/a, n/a, p. 1-23

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Research 100%
  • Design Practice 100%
  • Martin Heidegger 100%
  • Research Design 100%
  • Analysis 100%
  67 Downloads (Pure)

• The Imagination and Public Participation: A Deweyan Perspective on the Potential of Design Innovation and Participatory Design in Policy-Making

  Dixon, B., McHattie, L-S. & Broadley, C., 2 Jan 2022, In: CoDesign. 18, 1, p. 151-163 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Perspective 100%
  • Policy Making 100%
  • Imagination 100%
  • Participatory Development 100%
  • Research Programmes 33%
  4 Citations (Scopus)

  53 Downloads (Pure)

• The language of pain ? better requirements for pain tools

  Jaatun, E. A. A., Dixon, B. & Brooks, E., 1 May 2014, In: PAHI: Practical Aspects of Health Informatics. 1251, p. 91-100 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  25 Downloads (Pure)

• The Walker's Map: Designing GPS-enabled Mapping for Urban Recreational Walkers

  Dixon, B., 26 Jun 2014.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Other › peer-review

  File

  • Maps 100%
  • Walker 100%
  • Attention 50%
  • Consumers 28%
  • Walking 28%
  11 Downloads (Pure)

• Word and Place in Irish Typography

  Dixon, B., 1 Feb 2012, In: In/Print. 1, 1, p. 1-13 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File
  13 Downloads (Pure)