The most common macrame knot is the Square Knot, and many beautiful wall-hangings can be made just using this one knot. 1  Always work with 4 strands of rope. 2  Place the right outside rope across the 2 center ropes. (Always start with the right side.)
Introduction to Design. Research design can be thought of as the structure of research -- it is the glue that holds all of the elements in a research project together. We often describe a design using a concise notation that enables us to summarize a complex design structure efficiently.
Design research was originally constituted as primarily research into the process of design, developing from work in design methods, but the concept has been expanded to include research embedded within the process of design, including work concerned with the context of designing and research-based design practice.