Design Journeys through Complex Systems: Practice Tools for Systemic Design

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Design Journeys through Complex Systems: Practice Tools for Systemic Design
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Dr Peter Jones
By (author) Kristel van Ael
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:248
Dimensions(mm): Height 210,Width 250
Category/GenreIndustrial / commercial art and design
Individual designers
Business and management
Business strategy
Systems analysis and design
ISBN/Barcode 9789063696344
ClassificationsDewey:658.4038011
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
General

Publishing Details

Publisher BIS Publishers B.V.
Imprint BIS Publishers B.V.
Publication Date 16 May 2022
Publication Country Netherlands

Description

Design Journeys for Complex Systems is a designer's handbook to learn systemic design tools to engage stakeholder groups in collaborative design to address complex societal systems. Systemic design uses systems thinking and service design to address large-scale societal contexts and complex socio-technical systems. These are contexts characterized by social and technological complexity, high uncertainty, and often problematic outcomes. Using a tour guide metaphor, the book trains people's mindsets and provides tools for dealing with hyper complexity, to enable understanding of systemic problems, and to build capacity to collaborate in teams to produce action proposals.

Author Biography

Peter Jones (Author) Dr. Peter Jones is a professor teaching systemic design at Canada's art and design school, Toronto's OCAD University, in the Strategic Foresight & Innovation and Design for Health graduate programs. Kristel Van Ael (Author) Kristel Van Ael is managing partner at Namahn, a human-centered design agency in Brussels, and teacher in product-service-system design and systemic design at Antwerp University.