Dear Carlos (and all), I think VSM is very useful to "the design field as a
whole".
A conception originated outside Design discipline, that approaches problems
in a way where any aspect is connected with others as a whole system... I
think Design discipline is deeply attached with systems. In fact, when
designers proceed —within the design process— they can't neglect or elude
that they are creating something that is part of a system, a very complex
system where every decision is crucial for the whole system.
At least, VSM is a useful conceptual tool for designers.
best regards
...........................................
Alejandra Poblete P.
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2015-02-08 16:51 GMT-03:00 Carlos Pires <[log in to unmask]>:
> On 08/02/2015, at 18:00, Alejandra Poblete wrote:
>
> > Dear all, in order to collaborate with the main issue: "the way Viable
> > Systems Model can be used for the design field as a whole" I am sending a
> > link where you can view (and also download) a very good document about
> the
> > work done by S. Beer in Chile, sponsored by president Salvador Allende in
> > the period 1971-1973, called CYBERSYN
> > (Synergy/Cybernetics-Multinode/Metagame).
> >
> > Unfortunately this plan was abruptly interrupted due to the militar coup.
>
> Dear Alejandra,
>
> Thank you for the link.
> I skimmed the pdf and will read it thoroughly later.
> I'm sure it is a very valuable piece of information on a project that,
> alas, was cut short by very dark forces only concerned with immediate
> self-profit (the destructive power of money never ceases to amaze me).
> However, the same could be said of a lot of other things.
> It doesn't change the fact that VSM is simply useless to "the design field
> as a whole".
>
> Cybersyn was surely a milestone, but a milestone for politics,
> administration science and operations research. Not for design. Unless you
> equate design to politics, administration science or operations research.
>
> Best regards,
>
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> Carlos Pires
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