Hybridity

Our repeated use of hybrid has rendered it a bit opaque to me, so I revisited the dictionary.

Hybrid

Etymology

Known in English since 1601, but rare before c.1850. From Latin hybrida, a variant of ibrida (“a mongrel; specifically, offspring of a tame sow and a wild boar”), of unsure origin, possibly (a) somehow related to Ancient Greek ὕβρις (hybris, “outrage”)^[1], or (b) < the roots ús (“sow”) and ibro (“wild boar”)^[2]

Might we ask in what ways is a hybrid an outrage? A bastard? Or maybe, instead it is a kind of

Cultivar (plural cultivars)

A cultivated variety of a plant species or hybrid of two species.

Design Research (& some process too)

Demonstrate (not examples or explanations, but a demonstration) what you believe to be a viable form of visual design research.

Readings:
ddo_designprocess
Supplemental:
Design Research and the New Learning

dem·on·strate Verb   /ˈdemənˌstrāt/

Give a practical exhibition and explanation of (how a machine, skill, or craft works or is performed)

• computerized design methods will be demonstrated
• he demonstrated how to make his favorite hotdog