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Having posted Francois's note, I'd also like to support it. Being a visionary doesn't mean one only operates on visions. Properly executed, well-documented solutions are the way to go. In many ways, from my point of view, this is similar to the difference between design and manufacture in engineering. Design is the visionary bit; manufacture is the well-documented and proper execution bit. And the two (design and manufacture) are entirely co-requisite - having one without the other is pretty much pointless in practice. Cheers. Fil Filippo Salustri wrote: > Hi all, > > Francois is having some email trouble and asked me to forward this > message on his behalf. > > Cheers. > Fil > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Designers engaging in change > From: > NSENGA FRANCOIS-XAVIER <[log in to unmask]> > Date: > Tue, 03 Jan 2006 11:26:08 -0500 > To: > [log in to unmask] > > To: > [log in to unmask] > > > Dear Fil, > > A happy New Year to you! > > I am currently experimenting a new e-mail server, and I am not quite > familiar with all the commands. So, I have been unable to post the > following message that bounced into my hotmail account. > > Would you be kind enough and relay it for me to the PHD-DESIGN List, please? > > Many thanks and All the best! > > > > > François > ============================= > Dear all, > > First, I wish a fruitful New Year 2006 in our friendly exchanges! > > Referring back to views related to "design" and (social) "change" as posted > first by Paul Rodgers, then by Rosan, and finally by Fil, this latter > concluded his by making the following quite foundational statement: > > "As such, designers are 'visionaries' and 'planners' in that they have to > envision an appropriate solution and then contribute significantly to > devising the means of bringing that vision about." > > As well, in the latest issue of the Buckminseter Fuller Institute News > Letter, Vol. 6 No. 12, the "Food for Thought" Chapter reads as follows: > > "A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, > mechanic, objective economist and evolutionary strategist." > > -- R. Buckminster Fuller > > I also, probably among many others, have put the same emphasis on this same > point while concluding my essay on "Design Beyond McWorld (DPP no. 6, 2003). > > But now, just a word of warning: under the influence of the current > Judeo-Xtian Nativity celebration period, Designers shouldn't be confused > with Magi and the like! > > The material AND social change that needs to be brought about by designers > should be based on clearly documented evidence, far away from the "fluffy > cloud" of personal impressions, feelings, opinions, or ... just vision (s)! > > I rather believe it is the transdisciplinary and thoroughly researched > solutions that will characterize a more valued and effectively engaging > contribution to team work in artifacts creation. > > > François > Montréal > > > -- Filippo A. Salustri, Ph.D., P.Eng. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Ryerson University 350 Victoria St, Toronto, ON, M5B 2K3, Canada Tel: 416/979-5000 ext 7749 Fax: 416/979-5265 Email: [log in to unmask] http://deed.ryerson.ca/~fil/