Luna, Beatrice (2022) Building a Systemic Designer’s Library: Borrowing from multiple disciplines to develop systemic design mental models. In: Proceedings of Relating Systems Thinking and Design, RSD11, 3-16 Oct 2022, Brighton, United Kingdom.

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Abstract

This presentation expands on the use of metaphors and analogical thinking in systemic design by offering a work-in-progress catalogue of mental models drawing concepts from multiple disciplines to support systemic design approaches. It first explores how analogical thinking supports systemic design and then catalogues how practitioners have previously used metaphors as tools that facilitate design activities (from products to services and systemic interventions). Adding to this catalogue, I present mental models using analogues drawn from different disciplines and show how doing so can offer new perspectives, mental models, and techniques designers can adapt to strengthen their practice. I present sample mental models drawn from physics, medicine, and economics and show the possibilities these offer to systemic design activities, such as framing problem spaces, generating objective ideas, and facilitating change.

Item Type:	Conference/Workshop Item (Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	systemic design, transdisciplinary, metaphors, analogical thinking, analogies
Divisions:	Faculty of Design
Date Deposited:	30 Apr 2024 14:00
Last Modified:	30 Apr 2024 14:00
URI:	https://openresearch.ocadu.ca/id/eprint/4287

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