design synthesis by Jon Kolko

just heard a lightning round talk on Interaction Design Synthesis: Translating Research into Insight, by Jon Kolko at the IxDA conference, interaction 09.

jon had a definition i really liked of design synthesis, with every word in it to essential to the definition:

design synthesis is an abductive sensmaking process of manipulating, organizing, pruning and filtering data in an effort to produce information and knowledge

jon's website: http://www.jonkolko.com/