Susan M. Hagan wrote:
> As a former practicing designer and now a researcher who believes in the
> opportunity to discover principles of practice both through
> observation and
> in reflective practice, I agree that design is not, and will not become a
> science.
As I see it, design is at the crossroads of the hard(natural) and
soft(social sciences and humanities) sciences. This is a very special
place, which carries with it very special responsibilities. The extent
to which design practice can effectively integrate these very diverse
inputs, holistically rather than reductively, will have a huge impact on
the future of humankind. This richly complex task is unfolding in
exciting ways as people venture from reductionist into holist
appreciations of the design task. I believe that we are only at the
start of developing the epistemological, ontological, methodological etc
tools to make this journey possible.
Kindest,
John Broadbent
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