Dear Dr Mark Evans
Do examine the case studies that are found on my blog but there are so many
more that are yet to be seen in print or even mentioned on any blog since
the state of design publishing here in India (as well as around the world)
is very lopsided and tend to miss out the real issues and core
contributions outside the glamour design and business space, the page three
space – sad, but this is my view.
Take a look at these web sites that showcase the work of some of my former
students from NID.
Daily Dump <http://www.dailydump.org/>
Design for Change <http://www.dfcworld.com/>
Design Directions <http://www.designdirections.net/>
Vikalp Design <http://www.vikalpdesign.com/>
Icarus Design <http://www.icarus.co.in/medical-design/>
there are many more......
In India this is particularly true and much of the work done by our
designer community is yet to receive the recognition that it deserves. Part
of the reason is also the apathy shown by our designers and design
education administrators to publishing reflective and scholarly articles on
the vast array of work that is currently going on across the country and in
so many sectors. This has been the case for over 40 years now and the
apathy that I refer to is also on the part of design education institutes
that have not taken on the mantle of dissemination of design work by its
faculty and students and they have also lost contact with their alumni and
are therefore quite disconnected from the professional activities done by
them in a fairly hostile climate for design services in a domain that is
dominated by technology, science and management focus which is the
preoccupation of both our Government as well as out corporate businesses it
seems.
However the climate is changing and design and design thinking is getting
some attention and several designers have taken up the task of offering
strategic services to business and government sectors, but this is far from
satisfactory in my opinion. I could see as an important area for design
advocacy and that is what led to me starting my blog called Design for
India. <http://design-for-india.blogspot.in/> Do take a look at the index
of terms on the left hand column and you will find several "case studies"
which may not be very deep but will help you access some of the efforts
being made in India and there are many more that I wish to write about when
time and research access permits. My 75 papers and other resources are
available for download on the Academia.edu site here <
http://cept.academia.edu/RanjanMP>
Besides the work done by trained designers we do have design action in the
field done by non-designers who have used design in an informal manner
which have shown great results. Some of these we included in our set of
posters that were researched and designed for the World Economic Forum in
2009. You can download these posters and read about this initiative on my
blog at this links here.
World Economic Forum <
http://design-for-india.blogspot.in/search/label/World%20Economic%20Forum>
Sustainability Posters <
http://design-for-india.blogspot.in/search/label/Sustainability%20Posters>
Sustainability <
http://design-for-india.blogspot.in/search/label/Sustainability>
By the way, a major conference on Histories of Design is taking place at
the National Institute of Design and you can see more about this event at
the NID website here, hopefully some of the missing links will be revealed
during this event. <http://www.dhs-nid2013.in/> from 5th September 2013 to
8th September 2013
Programme <http://www.dhs-nid2013.in/programme/>
With warm regards
M P Ranjan
from my Mac at home
21 August 2013 at 11.55 pm IST
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*Prof M P Ranjan*
*Design Thinker and author of blog -
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National Institute of Design
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Ahmedabad 380 007 India
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(current and with downloads)
education blog: <http://www.design-concepts-and-concerns.blogspot.com>
(archival)
education blog: http://www.visible-information-india.blogspot.com (archival)
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On 16 August 2013 21:16, Mark Evans <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Professor Ranjan/Don/Terry/Soo
>
> Thank you for the prompt replies.
>
>
>
> Professor Ranjan
>
> I look forward to seeing the case studies on the web site in support of
> your comments
>
>
>
> Terry
>
> Systems thinking is a new one on me and thanks for the lead.
>
>
>
> Don
>
> You need to pack so just a brief reply..... I accept that the ability to
> design can be seen as a generic human capability but, the big question is,
> whether or not trained/experienced designers are more capable at employing
> design thinking as an approach to problem solving. They're certainly more
> capable at visualising thoughts through images which appears to make a
> significant contribution to effective design thinking. I'd also argue that
> experienced designers have their brains wired in a certain way that
> maximises the way they operate as 'design thinkers'. But I'm a designer and
> design educator so I guess I would say that.
>
>
>
> Soo
>
> "Is design thinking a certain thinking, so that when one has it, one is
> then a designer". That's a great question, but I didn't spend 6 years at
> design school for a sociologist or historian to come along and call
> themselves a designer.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Mark Evans
> Designer/designeur
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Evans [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 16 August 2013 14:49
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Cc: Mark Evans
> Subject: Re: Design Thinking Unique to Design?
>
> David
>
> Thank you for your post for which I have been awaiting responses to some
> of the questions with great anticipation. Despite this being a hot topic on
> the List, I have been disappointed that you have not received any replies
> to any of your questions.
>
> I am afraid that I cannot answer your questions as, on a personal level,
> ’the jury is out’ as to what design thinking is and how it impacts on
> education and practice (design and/or beyond). In fact, to help me get my
> head around the issue I have had to recruit a PhD student and would like to
> take this opportunity to thank members of the List (academics and
> practitioners) who have been very gracious in responding to his requests
> for interviews. The responses collated to date indicate both consensus and
> conflict.
>
> By replying to your post, I hope to rekindle your questions which I have
> slightly re-phrased and those marked with an asterisk being of particular
> interest to myself:
>
> 1. How do you develop capability in design thinking?
>
> 2. How do you know when someone does or does not have capability as a
> design thinker?
>
> 3. Is design thinking a purely innate and intuitive capacity that you have
> or do not have?*
>
> 4. Is design thinking something that can be taught, developed and even
> assessed?
>
> 5. Can we legitimately say it is unique to the field and can we prove it
> by being able to specify and isolate what it is as
> well as being able to articulate a specific pedagogical approach for
> its development?*
>
> Thanks
>
> Dr Mark Evans
> Reader in Industrial Design
> Design Practice Research Group Leader
> Loughborough Design School
>
>
>
>
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