Open AccessThe Many Faces of Design
Author(s) -
Perin Ruttonsha
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
formakademisk
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.225
H-Index - 3
ISSN - 1890-9515
DOI - 10.7577/formakademisk.1458
Subject(s) - agency (philosophy) , diversity (politics) , complex adaptive system , interpretation (philosophy) , sustainability , scale (ratio) , epistemology , engineering ethics , management science , sociology , computer science , architectural engineering , knowledge management , engineering , social science , artificial intelligence , ecology , geography , philosophy , cartography , anthropology , biology , programming language
In light of contemporary global pressures, designers have been considering how to apply their thinking and practice more broadly within the enterprise of sustainability. Given the often wicked nature and cross-scale dynamics of related challenges, there is reason to reassess the role of design in processes of systems transformation amidst complexity. In this manuscript, the author contemplates the diversity of ‘designerly ways’, in interpretation of designers’ encounters with complex adaptive systems. These interactions are classified here using the three lenses of adaptive response, creative agency and emergent engagement.