Dear Klaus
i always find what you say makes a lot of sense and thus appreciate it very
much. i tend to agree with the below. but have a question: are (a,b,c) a
description of existing good practice, or a proposal for good practice? or
both?
best, rosan
p.s. i am not an engineer but live with one, do i get half a point?
> i would be resistant to say that design is problem solving. this would be
> too confining.
>
> in my book i suggested that designers, in contrast to scientists, are
> motivated not by a quest for knowledge for its own sake, but by three
> things:
> (a) challenges, troublesome conditions, problems, or conflicts that have
> escaped (re)solution.
> (b) opportunities to change something for the better - not recognized by
> others - to contribute to their own or other communities' lives.
> (c) possibilities to introduce variations into the world that others may not
> dare to consider, creating something new and exciting - just as poets,
> painters, and composers do - aimlessly and for fun.
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