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Dear Matthias, Thanks for your note. Don Norman has written a follow-up paper titled “Why DesignX? The Role of Designers in Complex Papers.” You will find a copy of the paper in PDF format in the teaching documents section of my Academia page: https://swinburne.academia.edu/KenFriedman In my view, you are quite right to say that DesignX draws on transformative design, change design, systemic design, co-design, participatory design, and cross-disciplinary design. I’d even add strategic design, some aspects of design thinking, and transdisciplinary work in many disciplines. You are also right to say that you can read this statement as a manifesto for design activism. The activism has to do with the design field itself and the discipline of design research, as well as the way we teach design practice and design research. Nevertheless, I think this is more than old wine in new bottles. I like what Don wrote. I’ve got some additional thoughts. I will respond from my perspective tomorrow. Anyone who wishes to read the original statement will find it in Don’s LinkedIn Influencer column titled “DesignX. A New Future for Design.” This appears at: http://tinyurl.com/designxstatement If you wish to use a PDF version of the statement, it is available for download from the papers section of my Academia page: https://swinburne.academia.edu/KenFriedman Yours, Ken Ken Friedman, PhD, DSc (hc), FDRS | Editor-in-Chief | 设计 She Ji. The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation | Published by Elsevier in Cooperation with Tongji University Press | Launching in 2015 Chair Professor of Design Innovation Studies | College of Design and Innovation | Tongji University | Shanghai, China ||| University Distinguished Professor | Centre for Design Innovation | Swinburne University of Technology | Melbourne, Australia Email [log in to unmask] | Academia http://swinburne.academia.edu/KenFriedman | D&I http://tjdi.tongji.edu.cn — Matthias Arvola wrote: —snip— We have a discussion right now on Twitter about DesignX, and it seems many think its just old wine in new bottles (me included). It seems to be a manifesto for design activism, transformative design, change design, systemic design, co- and participatory design, crossdisciplinary design. Work that has been going on for quite a few years. And now DesignX. I am just curious about whom you have written it for and why. —snip— ----------------------------------------------------------------- PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design -----------------------------------------------------------------