Transdisciplinary Design

Monthly Archives: April 2011

Examining Pyschogeography

Intrigued with the notion of how the physical environment affects sense of self, and is therefore expressed back onto the environment, we formed a group…

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t r a n s – b a l a n c e

Our Design-led Research class has recently been focusing on different design methodologies, and how they can usefully be incorporated into design research – particularly to…

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Perpetual Metamorphosis

I began my investigation with a question that asked: how might designers learn from fine artist’s methodologies in relation to representing complexity? I wanted to…

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The Facts… Plan How might analytical thinking and design thinking integrate to form a transdisciplinary approach to problem solving? ; It’s a large question and…

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Manufactured Marrakech

by Jacqueline Cooksey & Minuette Le Over our recent Spring Break, we took the opportunity to turn a trip to Marrakech into a design research…

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If the shoe fits…

Almost every social engagement precipitates the question, “So, what have you been up to?” Since entering the nebulous world of transdisciplinary design last September, I…

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Lost In Articulation

It began with a curious conundrum that has become a reoccurring theme throughout lectures, readings and discussions: Designers don’t appreciate the way the non-design world…

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Questionable Methods

Reseach Visualization

In our research methods course, there has been a lot of talk about the distinction between design-led research and research-led design. This dichotomy has become…

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We know how to fail.

Francis Carter, Eulani Labay and Kelly Tierney “Sometimes the only way you can get ahead is to fail early, fail often, and fail forward.” John…

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Coordinating Collaboration

The TransDesign program is constructed on the foundation of collaboration as a strategy for teams to address complex problems. However, students have focused on a…

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