Hi Ken and all
I found the patterns of responses to Ken's challenge interesting - it
was an instigation that revealed many things about our various
approaches to design understanding.
Many years ago I was part of a project where the sharing of cultural
information between two groups of Indigenous women who lived thousands
of kilometres apart was made possible because the knot-language they
used in their basket and net making was similar.
Much of my current work involves the ways that some aspects of design
flow on to instigate user design ... examples being the development of
text language by mobile phone users - a design that arises from usage
that is not part of the design intent. You might also see this aspect of
design in mistakes such as the use of CFC gasses in refrigeration and
the subsequent development of 'green' technologies for manufacturing ...
not to mention the climatic redesign outcomes.
I remember a speaker at the Sydney Design Symposium a few years ago
speaking to this aspect of design and I was wondering if any list
members had interest in this area?
Norm
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