Hi Erik,
I'm suggesting this is a serious issue for design practice, design research
and design educaiton.
The most common view in the field has been as you say, that,
"Designers use their developed judgement, their trained sensitivity to
complexity, composition, and quality as their guiding tools."
I'm making the serious suggestion that this approach and the rest of the
tools of design practice (of the kind of designers that Klaus refers) don't
work in anything other than simple situations.
I'm suggesting that in complex situations, which is the new territory that
designers and design educators are claiming to be skilled in, what is
taught in design schools and is practiced by most designers doesn't work.
Also, that the design research that has assumed normal design practices is
also likely to be faulty.
I'd be very interested in any arguments that this isn't necessarily so.
Best wishes,
Terry
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