It is important to link between knowledge and practice. From reading papers and discussing with others we can broaden our knowledge. This in will help us on design practice – studio projects, courseworks and so on. Furthermore, if you are a master student, you need to write a thesis for graduation which reading paper is the first and last thing during the MGP(Master Graduation Project).

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🕵🏽  How to locate the paper

  1. Make sure that you're in UNIST physically or installed the VPN as guided by UNIST and signED-in
  2. Go to Google Scholar or google "Design Issues journal" and go there
  3. Input search terms, such as "Buchanan 2001 Design Issues" or sth similar
  4. Voilà you have it

🎓 Presenter – analysis of the paper itself

  1. Prepare a short presentation for discussion
  2. Discern the structure and research design, pick out what's interesting, what's peculiar, and what's missing in the paper
  3. Make it simple
    1. Do not explain everything the paper says
    2. Trust that the rest have read the paper before joining

🙋 Participants – reading and discussion points

  1. Read the paper in advance
  2. Critically think about what the author is trying to convey and analyze whether that makes sense
    1. Search further about the author
    2. If time allows, read further (of the author herself/himself, or by others with similar topic or inquiry
  3. Ask a question in the announcement thread not to the presenter but as a discussion point

🇬🇧 Language

2025