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Improvising Design

Why is design improvisational?  We talk about design as if it were fixed: as if there were one best way to design everything. We celebrate designers who produce especially elegant or usable artifacts as if they were possessed of supernatural powers.

Susan April 14, 2015November 15, 2022 design, improvisation, wicked problems Read more

Chapter 1 of Book Available

Chapter 1 for Improvising Design book has been uploaded. The first chapter discusses why we need better models and methods for design … and why design is improvisational. Doubtless, stuff will be shifted around a little, as I complete my

Susan May 11, 2010May 28, 2015 book, design, improvisation Read more

Design as the Serendipity of Location

As I ruminate on design processes, I can’t help but reflect on the similarities between research methods, processes and outcomes, and design methods, processes and outcomes. I read an article which argued that there were two types of people: people

Susan November 27, 2009May 28, 2015 design, improvisation, research Read more

Design as a trajectory of goal-definitions

The collaborative design of system solutions for wicked problems seems to follow a trajectory of goals, as the group’s understanding of the design progresses. The key to making (and evaluating) progress is understanding what triggers the changes in goal-direction. From

Susan August 27, 2009May 28, 2015 design, improvisation Read more

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