Critical design in context : history theory and practices Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1: Introducing critical design Challenging orthodoxy Challenging colloquialism: the problem with critical design Whats so critical about critical design practice Why study critical design Researching critical design practice Critical in critical design practice Industrial design as a discipline The structure and approach to writing Chapter 2: History A forgotten history of critical design practice An emerging critical design practice Challenging hegemony Anti design Participatory design Unikat Design: adding nothing but the concept Representative design Design Interactions Critical Design at the Royal College of Art Synergies between precedents and contemporary examples of critical design Chapter 3: Theories methods and tactics Design as a medium for inquiry Post optimal design and Para functionality Rhetorical use Discursive design The aesthetics of use and meaningful presence Exploratory potential Design fiction Speculation and proposition Constructing publics Ambiguity Chapter 4: Criticism function and discipline Design Art Design art and society Function in critical design practice The paradox of critical design in commercial use Modelling the field Design at users Directing critique through design practice Chapter 5: Practice Associative design Speculative design Critical design Design practice as satire The uses of narrative Rationality and ambiguity Towards a taxonomy of critical practices in design The taxonomy as an analytical tool Applications of the taxonomy Chapter 6: Critical design practice and its disciplinary contribution Challenging disciplinary orthodoxy An extended role for industrial design: discipline science and society Bibliography