Transdisciplinary Design

Monthly Archives: May 2011

a practitioner reflects…

By | Published: May 8, 2011

I am a designer. Therefore, when asked, “What if designers were educated to be very articulate about how they design rather than celebrating the artifacts…

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Collabo Cubes

By | Published: May 8, 2011

Design led research is an eye-opener to the capacity of developing creative experiments to alter situations. In the last assignment, I took a long-view approach…

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This is TransDesign calling. Are you receiving?

By | Published: May 6, 2011

The problem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred. -G.B. Shaw I recently had the chance to work with a non-profit agency. It…

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Two Wrongs Make It Right

By | Published: May 5, 2011

After the previous phase of my research on transdisciplinary collaboration (see my earlier post, “Questionable Methods”), I thought I’d failed in my attempt to employ…

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Make The Strange Familiar, And The Familiar Strange

By | Published: May 5, 2011

After the first phase of my research, in which I performed a visual audit of artists who visually represent complexity, I inverted my focus towards…

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Process Similarities Between Graphic Design, Video Editing and Improvisation

By | Published: May 5, 2011

From looking at the similarities between a graphic designer and video editor’s process I hypothesized  that similar process elements are transmutable across all creative fields….

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Design Judo: A Redirective Method

By | Published: May 4, 2011

Francis Carter, Eulany Labay and Kelly Tierney Our design led research project focused on the unique potential of a transdisciplinary approach to research and design…

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Remember the Future

By | Published: May 4, 2011

Excerpt: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind To place ourselves into the future we must look back, accessing our memories. This is demonstrated by individuals…

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This is Serious Play

By | Published: May 4, 2011

How we trigger memories through ritual and play to create the starting points for future action…

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Design Conversations: Denis O’Brien

By | Published: May 4, 2011

This semester Clive Dilnot has taught a class called Thinking Contemporary Design, an open format class that adjusts each week to reflect changing topics and…

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