Dec 16, 2023
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From my notes taken at the eleventh RSD conference, organized by the Systemic Design Association at the University of Brighton, UK.
Collected thoughts at the occasion of the publication of Dana Abdullah's working inventory of things a designer should know.
On johakyu, a Japanese narrative design pattern in three beats.
On kishotenketsu, a Chinese-Japanese narrative design pattern in four beats.
On Medium's new 2023 experience design. On white. And whites. And Kenya Hara and Tadao Ando.
On the design of participatory programs and meaningful engagement - with a focus on intergenerationalism.
Brief introduction into exformation as a design and facilitation principle, with a sample of an exformative workshop from #RSD11
Reminiscing on my first visit to Naoshima Island (Japan). How to design an island into a remedy for what humans have done to it.
Workshop notes on Rama Gheerawo's Creative Leadership, Born from Design - with personal reflection.
Memories of my field visits to Aranya, a social housing project by Balkrishna Doshi, and what I learned from him as a facilitator.
Design for change and sustainability means designing space for a whole lot of very small, seemingly insignificant choices.
Design for a sustainable future means designing conditions for a society without privately owned cars.
From Documenta (Kassel) to Jakarta with the Indonesian arts and design collective ruang rupa.
On redesigning education.
On designing effective meetings in a remote space.
On the need to redesign education.
On the need for redesigning education and unburden it fron its oppressive legacy.
