Co-Design, Volume II: Practical Ideas for Designing Across Complex Systems

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This book is about understanding the nature of design and organization in complex living systems. Design is everywhere in our lives-but the nature of complex systems means that few people feel empowered or equipped to design better futures. Although the places we live are full of material objects, they only become meaningful as they are used and experienced by people. The author looks at design as a way of thinking and acting. Design becomes an open-ended conversation with the world around us. The text is also about the shifting social relations of design-moving from an emphasis on individual engineers and designers toward the participatory process of making sense of tools to improve our lives: we call this process co-design. Cover Co-Design, Volume II: Practical Ideas for Designing Across Complex Systems Contents Series Introduction Introduction Acknowledgments CHAPTER 1: Design Meets Co-design Complexity Artifacts and Interfaces Thinking in Systems and Design The Unfolding of Design Practice Time to Co-design References PART 1 CHAPTER 2: Ideas The Idea Playing with Ideas Why Do We Have Ideas? Why Is It Important? What Does It Mean in Practice? Making Ideas More Cooperative Questions for Reflection References CHAPTER 3: Design Brief The Idea Briefs and Ideas Essence of a Brief Measurability Perspectives on Writing Design Briefs 1. Brief as a Beginning/Opening 2. Brief as Challenge 3. Brief as Asking Questions 4. Brief as Relationship 5. Brief as Simile What Does It Mean in Practice? Management by Objectives Asking a Question Is Harder than Finding the Answer Questions for Reflection References CHAPTER 4: Cooperation The Idea The Social Individual Tribal Identity Hard Cooperation Why Is Cooperation Important? Repeat Reciprocity What Does It Mean in Practice? Decentering the Individual Working with Hard Cooperation Rebuilding Cooperative Capital Questions for Reflection References PART 2 CHAPTER 5: The Workshop The Idea The Workshop as Outside the Timetable Why Is It Important? Core Features of a Workshop Originality The Master’s Influence What Does It Mean in Practice? Workshops and Bureaucracy Designing a Workshop Space Questions for Reflection References CHAPTER 6: Prototyping The Idea Prototypes and Systems Prototyping Services Categories of Prototyping Why Is Prototyping Important? Cooperative Prototyping What Does Prototyping Mean in Practice? Extended Example: Higher Education Design Questions for Reflection References CHAPTER 7: Design Trace The Idea The Design Trace as Response to Incompleteness Why Is It Important? Design Trace of Wikipedia What Does It Mean in Practice? Questions for Reflection Questions for Reflection References PART 3 CHAPTER 8: Empathy The Idea Why Is It Important? Roles and Relationships Usability What Does It Mean in Practice? Designing with Empathy Getting Empathy Right Co-designing Empathy Questions for Reflection References CHAPTER 9: Participation The Idea Iron Law of Oligarchy Community Participation Participation and Technology Professions and Participation Why Is Participation Important? What Does Participatory Design Mean in Practice? Future of Professional–Client Relationship Questions for Reflection References Epilogue: Obliquity About the Author Index Ad page Back Cover