Dear Harold,
well said. I have always had a problem with design as problem-solving, creative or otherwise.
cheers, teena
> Rittel developed a strategy
> for problem resolution based on a formal argumentation process called IBIS
> (Issue Based Information Systems) that has been further developed since
> his death.
>
> As an alternative, a design strategy, when confronted with the conditions
> constitutive of Wicked Problems, is one of problem 'dissolution'. This
> means taking a design stance rather than a reactive problem solving stance
> and creating a situation that dissolves the conditions that had been
> considered problematic. There are 'design problems' of course but they are
> an artifact of a good design approach rather than the trigger for a good
> design approach.
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