The strengths / limits of Systems Thinking denote the strengths / limits of Practice-Based Design Research

Forfattere

  • Wolfgang Jonas Braunschweig University of Art, Germany

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7577/formakademisk.789

Emneord (Nøkkelord):

Systems thinking, Practice-Based Design Research, Research through Design

Sammendrag

If we focus on Practice-Based Design Research (PBDR) in its various forms and terminologies one can consider Design Research as a process of “generating the unknown from the known” or of “organizing the transition from knowns to unknowns” (Hatchuel, 2013: 5). It is thereby confronted with the fundamental problems of control (non-reducible complexity in design situations), of prediction (not-knowing of evolutionary emerging futures) and of incompatible domains of knowing. The problems become apparent in causal gaps between bodily, psychic and communicative systems and between the phases of evolutionary development. PBDR explores the possibilities of bridging these gaps in the medium of design projects and thereby creates new knowledge. This is necessarily done with scientific support, but in a situated, “designerly” mode, which means that the designer is part of the design / inquiring system. This is the epistemological characteristic of design. The text argues for a strong coupling of PBDR and advanced systems thinking to face the problems mentioned above.

Forfatterbiografi

Wolfgang Jonas, Braunschweig University of Art, Germany

Professor of Design­wissenschaft (design studies) at HBK Braunschweig (University of Art)

Nedlastinger

Publisert

2014-12-16

Hvordan referere

Jonas, W. (2014). The strengths / limits of Systems Thinking denote the strengths / limits of Practice-Based Design Research. FormAkademisk, 7(4). https://doi.org/10.7577/formakademisk.789

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