Dear Cindy, Monica et. al.
There may be another option to consider. Drawing from the design
concept of 'composition' and the systems concept of 'emergence', it is
possible to consider that the specific cannot be understood or valued
without an understanding of the contextual whole—the whole that emerges
from the interrelationships of the specifics and the substance of the
specifics themselves. For me this defines some of the intent of a
design dialogue.
Harold
Harold G. Nelson, Ph.D., M. Arch.
President; Advanced Design Institute
www.advanceddesign.org
Past-President; International Society for Systems Science
www.isss.org
Affiliated faculty, Engineering, U. Wash.
new book—The Design Way: http://BooksToRead.com/etp/nelsonad.pdf
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