Dear Klaus,
Thanks for your reply. As I saw it, I was describing processes, not
motives. The processes are so complexly interlinked that they do
overlap or lead into one another. Motives may be a different issue.
The double thread -- and your contributions -- deal with design as
well as with research.
Rosan applied her labels to research alone, not to design practice.
She was emphatic on this: "I swear to God .... I know it is very
difficult to communicate on this list, and I try to be patient ...
but please take note: [all caps] I am not really interested in
designing cars, transportation systems, or built environment. My
proposal has to do with a research approach. If anything, I am
interested in redesigning a research approach. [caps end.]" (Chow
2006).
My post responded to both sets of concerns in the thread, design
research and design practice.
As it is motives themselves may lead to different choices among
solving problems, seeking opportunities, or creating alternatives.
For many, the automobile was a solution to one of the great urban
pollution problems of late nineteenth century cities, horse manure.
Creating new alternatives often begins with solving problems and ends
by integrating problem statements at a new and higher level, finding
and defining a new problem out of the old to generate a new approach.
You'll find this kind of situation in most of the examples I gave,
and in many accounts by scientists, scholars, and by designers.
Motives are another matter. I suspect it may be possible to start out
with one of the three motives in mind, only to find that one still
engages in all three kinds of process to realize the final outcome.
Best regards,
Ken
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Klaus Krippendorff wrote:
you have written a very long post. where i am right now, i can respond only
briefly. i have to say that your rephrasing of my distinction between three
motivations for design, conveniently labeled by rosan ABC, muddles its
clarity and puts a rationalist spin on them that i cannot agree to. i will
have to respond when i can
Reference
Chow, Rosan. 2006. "I swear to God." PhD-Design. Date: Tue, 7 Feb
2006 17:12:25 +0100.
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Ken Friedman
Professor of Leadership and Strategic Design
Institute for Communication, Culture, and Language
Norwegian School of Management
Design Research Center
Denmark's Design School
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