> defining design as problem solving activity preserves the
> subjugation of
> design under unreflected institutional constraints -- typical of the
> industrial era and mostly directing the attention of the problem
> solver to
> technical solutions.
<blink/> <blink/> I says "pardon?!"
There are a *ton* of assumptions, and possibly (for the lack of a
better term) baggage, underlying the (supposed) link being made in
this statement. Since when do problems have *anything* to do with
"technical solutions"; since when are problems the seemingly
exclusive domain of institutions; since when do institutions lack the
ability to reflect...
Maybe I'm too young to have participated in, or been directly
impacted by, the "subjugation" of design, but I find this statement
extremely difficult to comprehend and certainly not reflective of any
design circumstance in which I have found myself a participant.
There are connotations and linkages expressed which I have never seen
reflected in practice.
Jason
P.S. This is most certainly an emotional reaction on my part, but
"...subjugation..." and "...typical of..." are very loaded phrasings
(IMHO).
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