A place at the table for research through design

This paper addresses an issue that has been omnipresent in the history of CAAD research: the tension between scientific method and the design discipline in which it operates. Outside the CAAD community, research through design is been undertaken by a new generation. Through a discussion of research methodologies, a survey of CAAD activity and the examination of design projects, it is proposed that this provides a valuable opportunity to redress the balance between scientific and designerly modes of research and in so doing engage with a new generation of design computing researchers.