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Joan I. Dickinson

, PhD, ASID, IDEC, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Interior Design at Radford University. Her research interests include healthcare design, design for individuals with Alzheimer's disease, design for older individuals, design of nursing homes, and attitudes toward research. Her research program has been well-received and she has published over 30 refereed conference proceedings and over ten refereed journal articles in a variety of venues including The Journal of Interior Design, The Gerontologist, and Environment and Behavior. Dickinson also serves as a reviewer of manuscripts for the Journal of Interior Design (JID) and has recently been elected to the JID board as one of the Directors. Dickinson has practiced interior design for over ten years at a variety of design firms.
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Informing Design

Informing Design

Joan I. Dickinson and John P. Marsden
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Informing Design suggests a pedagogy in which design decision making is informed by more than speculative hunches, preferences, and intuition. In this collection of contributed chapters, leaders in both design practice and education share their expertise in such specialty areas as corporate, retail, and learning environments; healthcare; and hospitality. Introductory chapters teach students to distinguish among information gathering, programming, and research; apply the findings of others; and conduct their own investigations. Other chapters illustrate how informed design decisions were applied to various building types. View