Tag Archives: Design

Design against climate change – suggestions for a project?

They say crowdsourcing is the thing nowadays, so let’s try it out. A friend in California, who happens to be an excellent industrial designer, has for quite some time been interested in climate change and related issues. Recently, he asked … Continue reading

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Is there such a thing as radical innovation?

Recently, I came across a working paper by two very big names in design/innovation research – Donald A. Norman and Roberto Verganti. The paper was very interesting, not the least since the hill-climbing paradigm of innovation presented therein is almost … Continue reading

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Theories of design – is design problem-solving?

The field of design theory is separated to two warring camps. On the one side are people following Donald Schön’s (1983) “Reflective Practitioner;” an epistemology of practice based on a close examination of what different practicioners actually do. On the … Continue reading

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