Evolución del la investicación en Deseño: del “metodo de diseño” a un nuoevo paradigma

Starting from an historical perspective on disciplinary debate on design theories during the last 15 years, the article introduce the contemporary approach to the discipline. The shifting from industrial economy to knowledge economy and from material resources to intellectual resources has supported new ways to look at innovation processes. Knowledge shared and diffused inside and outside organizations and companies is becoming a key resource fostering innovation. In this perspective design is explored as a new resource to bring knowledge inside organizations, using its specific cognitive approach.