When Design Research began, say in the 1960s, the eventual success of science was assumed. Already, at the notorious 1956 Oxford Conference, architectural education in the UK (and its sphere of influence) accepted architecture was a second class subject: ie not properly scientific. Science (in actuality, technology) was seen as so successful that everything should be scientific: the philosopher’s stone! Architects (a significant subdivision of designers) were determined to become scientific. The syllabus was changed and design science was invented. Even the Architectural Association School gave over a third of undergraduate time to design science. Prime Minister Wilson and his Government declared the “White Heat of the Technological Revolution.”