In our very first class, we ran into a bit for trouble when Karen pulled out the research triangle of qualitative work. Here's another research triangle that is a bit closer to home, dealing with interaction design (and HCI), things that are near and dear to most of our work, if not our hearts.
One of the questions that we saw in that first class had to do with the role of practice. It's interesting to see that this author has chosen to create a triangle between design practice, design study, and design exploration.
For the impatient, the diagram is on page 5 (figure 1).
Reference:
Fallman, Daniel. "The Interaction Design Research Triangle of Design Practice, Design Studies, and Design Exploration."
Design Issues. Summer 2008, Vol. 24, No. 3, Pages 4-18. (doi:10.1162/desi.2008.24.3.4)
