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A model of design thinking from the 4E prospect of enactive, embodied, embedded and extended mind... more A model of design thinking from the 4E prospect of enactive, embodied, embedded and extended mind. Enactive thinking as visible and tangible. Rittel’s critique as system failure, not wickedness. Being as Making, Knowing, and Believing, ontologically unique ways of engaging the world, each with their own measures. The classical reality of problem-solving enfolded into design thinking’s reality of experience. Enactive design thinking as the creative engagement of extended mind in the entanglement of characterized ecological information and probable actions. Examples from literature, popular culture, and performance. The realization of “designerly” thinking’s educational promise and Schön’s “learning society” in an enactive reality of making.
She Ji, 2019
This article explores the thought processes of design thinking as an embodied process of experien... more This article explores the thought processes of design thinking as an embodied process of experience. This conceptualization frames design thinking as an outcome of mind that functions as brain-body-in-the-world. To think, the mind expands propositional meaning to become a form of embodied, experiential meaning. The process of the conceptual blending together with the integration of embodied mind and embodied meaning give rise to embodied design thinking, a process that seeks to resolve qualitative differences in transformative situations. To understand embodied design thinking, the article considers examples in cybernetic systems, contemporary cognitive science, poetry, and literature. It also distinguishes between complexity in culture and complexity in nature.
An essay on the identity and integrity of design thinking.
Implications of embodiment, Mark Johnson’s, Embodied Mind, Meaning and Reason: How Our Bodies Giv... more Implications of embodiment, Mark Johnson’s, Embodied Mind, Meaning and Reason: How Our Bodies Give Rise to Understanding, and Antonio Damasio’s, The Strange Order of Things: Life, Feeling and the Making of Cultures, on design thinking.
One way of thinking more generally about design is to focus on the nature of the thinking that ta... more One way of thinking more generally about design is to focus on the nature of the thinking that takes place in designing, what it is, how it works, and what it is especially good for. There is a growing awareness that the collection of processes that we associate with design thinking can be strikingly effective in resolving complex situations, especially those that require imagination, creativity and innovation. What is there then that is special about design thinking? How does it appear to differ from other kinds of thinking? Answering these questions will require the revisiting and rethinking of some of our taken-for-granted beliefs about thinking itself. The path of inquiry here is to follow what has been called design thinking into its social-cultural habitat, the overlapping realities of the transformative situation; locate design thinking's metaphoric roots in mind and meaning; and explore some of the implications of the design thinking presence in complex systems.
The influence of late modernism in literature and philosophy on design thinking.
A bio-centric re-conception of value spurs ethical evolution in design thinking.
Reason's two masters in the designing of intelligent and autonomous systems.
Following wicked problems into a new paradigm of valuing and meaning.
Aesthetic concepts that frame and inform designing.
A commentary on the systems-related articles in the Summer 2019, She Ji: The Journal of Design, E... more A commentary on the systems-related articles in the Summer 2019, She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation, Volume 5, Issue 2.
Design theory today modeled as an emergent image coming into focus
An inside look at the experience of designing and the concepts that influence the lens through wh... more An inside look at the experience of designing and the concepts that influence the lens through which we look.
Meaning in design thinking and criticism.
The palm at the end of the mind, Beyond the last thought, rises In the bronze decor. A gold-feath... more The palm at the end of the mind, Beyond the last thought, rises In the bronze decor. A gold-feathered bird Sings in the palm, without human meaning, Without human feeling, a foreign song. You know then that it is not the reason That makes us happy or unhappy. The bird sings. Its feathers shine. The palm stands on the edge of space. The wind moves slowly in the branches. The bird's fire-fangled feathers dangle down. ~W allace Stevens, 1954~
Cognitive science on the integrative role of imagination.
Here's a diagram of the way I conceive of knowledge, research and practice, using the basic, appl... more Here's a diagram of the way I conceive of knowledge, research and practice, using the basic, applied and clinical model for research that Ken Friedman describes.
A model of design thinking from the 4E prospect of enactive, embodied, embedded and extended mind... more A model of design thinking from the 4E prospect of enactive, embodied, embedded and extended mind. Enactive thinking as visible and tangible. Rittel’s critique as system failure, not wickedness. Being as Making, Knowing, and Believing, ontologically unique ways of engaging the world, each with their own measures. The classical reality of problem-solving enfolded into design thinking’s reality of experience. Enactive design thinking as the creative engagement of extended mind in the entanglement of characterized ecological information and probable actions. Examples from literature, popular culture, and performance. The realization of “designerly” thinking’s educational promise and Schön’s “learning society” in an enactive reality of making.
She Ji, 2019
This article explores the thought processes of design thinking as an embodied process of experien... more This article explores the thought processes of design thinking as an embodied process of experience. This conceptualization frames design thinking as an outcome of mind that functions as brain-body-in-the-world. To think, the mind expands propositional meaning to become a form of embodied, experiential meaning. The process of the conceptual blending together with the integration of embodied mind and embodied meaning give rise to embodied design thinking, a process that seeks to resolve qualitative differences in transformative situations. To understand embodied design thinking, the article considers examples in cybernetic systems, contemporary cognitive science, poetry, and literature. It also distinguishes between complexity in culture and complexity in nature.
An essay on the identity and integrity of design thinking.
Implications of embodiment, Mark Johnson’s, Embodied Mind, Meaning and Reason: How Our Bodies Giv... more Implications of embodiment, Mark Johnson’s, Embodied Mind, Meaning and Reason: How Our Bodies Give Rise to Understanding, and Antonio Damasio’s, The Strange Order of Things: Life, Feeling and the Making of Cultures, on design thinking.
One way of thinking more generally about design is to focus on the nature of the thinking that ta... more One way of thinking more generally about design is to focus on the nature of the thinking that takes place in designing, what it is, how it works, and what it is especially good for. There is a growing awareness that the collection of processes that we associate with design thinking can be strikingly effective in resolving complex situations, especially those that require imagination, creativity and innovation. What is there then that is special about design thinking? How does it appear to differ from other kinds of thinking? Answering these questions will require the revisiting and rethinking of some of our taken-for-granted beliefs about thinking itself. The path of inquiry here is to follow what has been called design thinking into its social-cultural habitat, the overlapping realities of the transformative situation; locate design thinking's metaphoric roots in mind and meaning; and explore some of the implications of the design thinking presence in complex systems.
The influence of late modernism in literature and philosophy on design thinking.
A bio-centric re-conception of value spurs ethical evolution in design thinking.
Reason's two masters in the designing of intelligent and autonomous systems.
Following wicked problems into a new paradigm of valuing and meaning.
Aesthetic concepts that frame and inform designing.
A commentary on the systems-related articles in the Summer 2019, She Ji: The Journal of Design, E... more A commentary on the systems-related articles in the Summer 2019, She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation, Volume 5, Issue 2.
Design theory today modeled as an emergent image coming into focus
An inside look at the experience of designing and the concepts that influence the lens through wh... more An inside look at the experience of designing and the concepts that influence the lens through which we look.
Meaning in design thinking and criticism.
The palm at the end of the mind, Beyond the last thought, rises In the bronze decor. A gold-feath... more The palm at the end of the mind, Beyond the last thought, rises In the bronze decor. A gold-feathered bird Sings in the palm, without human meaning, Without human feeling, a foreign song. You know then that it is not the reason That makes us happy or unhappy. The bird sings. Its feathers shine. The palm stands on the edge of space. The wind moves slowly in the branches. The bird's fire-fangled feathers dangle down. ~W allace Stevens, 1954~
Cognitive science on the integrative role of imagination.
Here's a diagram of the way I conceive of knowledge, research and practice, using the basic, appl... more Here's a diagram of the way I conceive of knowledge, research and practice, using the basic, applied and clinical model for research that Ken Friedman describes.
She Ji is a peer-reviewed, trans-disciplinary design journal with a focus on economics and innova... more She Ji is a peer-reviewed, trans-disciplinary design journal with a focus on economics and innovation, design process and design thinking. The journal invites papers that enrich the understanding and practice that enable design innovation in industry, business, non-profit services, and government through economic and social value creation. These papers may explore how design thinking can inform wider social, managerial, and intellectual discourses with an added focus on strategy and management. She Ji also publishes articles in research methods and methodology, philosophy, and philosophy of science to support the core journal area.
She Ji is fully open access. Tongji University and Tongji University Press support She Ji as a contribution to the design field and a public service to design research. Authors are not liable for any publication charges and all published articles are accessible free of charge from the journal web site at URL:
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This issue of She Ji opens with reflections on the nature and meaning of the modern research univ... more This issue of She Ji opens with reflections on the nature and meaning of the modern research university for the 110th anniversary of Tongji University. The first article considers the work of the late John Heskett on the economic role of design. Cameron Weber applies Heskett’s theory to the 2009 GM bailout in “What Is Good for General Motors Is Bad for America.” Following this nuts-and-bolts examination of design economics, Jordan Beck and Erik Stolterman stake out a theoretical position “Examining the Types of Knowledge Claims Made in Design Research.” University rankings are one of the most prevalent and hotly debated topics in higher education today – this issue of She Ji features two examinations of the theme. Meredith Davis asks “Can College Rankings Be Believed?” and Scott Thompson-Whiteside writes on “Zen and the Art of University Rankings in Art and Design.” Four commentators respond: Peter Murphy on “University Rankings and the Coming of the Auto-Industrial Age,” Pradeep Sharma with “Outstanding in Your Field,” Ninghua Zhong that “University Rankings Need Improvement,” and Carma Gorman with “College Rankings: Can’t Love ’Em, Can’t Leave ’Em.” Finally, Maria Camacho talks with Christian Bason in a conversation on “Design for Public Service.” Design firms, consulting firms, and public agencies use design methods to create more effective services and better systems. Christian Bason was at the cutting edge of this trend as director of Denmark’s MindLab. Now director of the Danish Design Centre, Bason discusses the key issues of design for public service.
by Ken Friedman, Cees de Bont, Derek B Miller, Jordan Beck, Susu Nousala, Danah Henriksen, Jerry Diethelm, Cara Wrigley, Don Norman, Gerda Gemser, Maria Camacho, Justin Cook, Hugh Dubberly, and Kees Dorst
This issue we address is “The Design Continuum from Simplicity to Complex Systems.” Articles incl... more This issue we address is “The Design Continuum from Simplicity to Complex Systems.” Articles include: 1) “From Autonomous Systems to Sociotechnical Systems: Designing Effective Collaborations” by Kyle J. Behymer and John M. Flach with commentary by Derek Miller, Hugh Dubberly, Paul Pangaro, and Susu Nousala. 2) “Examining Practical, Everyday Theory Use in Design Research” by Jordan Beck and Erik Stolterman with commentary by Danah Henriksen, Jeffrey Bardzell, and Deirdre Barron. 3) “Design Innovation Catalysts: Education and Impact” by Cara Wrigley. 4) “De-Colonizing Design Thinking” by Jerry Diethelm. There are also book reviews by Luke Feast and Don Norman, and an exchange of letters between Stuart Walker, Gerda Gemser, and Cees de Bont.
Book Review - Doughnut Economics by Kate Raworth