Dear MP,
Thanks, I think we are on the same wavelength....
cheers, kh
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On Apr 5, 2013, at 10:40 AM, Ranjan MP wrote:
> Dear Kari-Hans
>
> Interesting question and position.
>
> For me a "Design" is a response to an opportunity or challenge. A product of some agency human or natural. (animal architecture)
>
> These could be deeply thoughtful and skillful (think and do) responses or intuitive ones (do and think - if at all) or even accidental or emotional responses, the incidental response (the great India Jugaad) or much worked through multiple iterations and trials (professional design) or (plodding and boring 'design' and scientific research as in molecule finding algorithms in the biotech space).
>
> "Design" as a result of human agency is visible all around us including the trees and plants in our landscape through selective breeding and cultivation. The intangible cultural norms and social practices too are "Design" manifestations in culture and society. Laws, policies and business models as well as processes and events are "Designs".
>
> So, we have objects - parts and wholes, communications - elements and messages, spaces and structures and systems, environments and eco-systems all manifestations of design, cultures and social norms.
>
> Arjun Appadurai gives us the concept of social imaginary which could give us a rich description of design –
> ethnoscapes, mediascapes, technoscapes, financescapes, ideoscapes.
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arjun_Appadurai>
>
> All humans and other actors contribute and it would be an interesting space for serious research.
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