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Systemic Design

Theory, Methods, and Practice

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Editors:
  1. Peter Jones

    1. OCAD University, Toronto, Canada

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  2. Kyoichi Kijima

    1. Graduate School of Decision Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro, Japan

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  • Presents current work from international scholars leading the development of theories and practices of systemic design
  • Provides a selection of articles covering the contemporary range of topics in systems thinking in design applications developed from recent international symposia and workshops
  • Establishes a foundation of social systems and complexity theory and cases for service systems, healthcare, public sector and other applications

Part of the book series: Translational Systems Sciences (TSS, volume 8)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Integrative Practices

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Contexts of Co-creation: Designing with System Stakeholders

      • Peter Jones
      Pages 3-52

    3. A Framework for Complex Design: Lessons from Synthetic Biology

      • Chih-Chun Chen, Nathan Crilly
      Pages 53-67

    4. Inclusive Systemic Design for Health System Flourishment

      • Peter Pennefather, Katie Seaborn, Deborah I. Fels
      Pages 69-85

  4. Method and Practice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 241-241
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    2. Visualizing Complex Design: The Evolution of Gigamaps

      • Birger Sevaldson
      Pages 243-269

    3. Local Ruralism: Systemic Design for Economic Development

      • Silvia Barbero
      Pages 271-291

    4. Permaculture as a Systemic Design Practice

      • John B. Cassel, Susan V. Cousineau
      Pages 293-318
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This book presents emerging work in the co-evolving fields of design-led systemics, referred to as systemic design to distinguish it from the engineering and hard science epistemologies of system design or systems engineering. There are significant societal forces and organizational demands impelling the requirement for “better means of change” through integrated design practices of systems and services. Here we call on advanced design to lead programs of strategic scale and higher complexity (e.g., social policy, healthcare, education, urbanization) while adapting systems thinking methods, creatively pushing the boundaries beyond the popular modes of systems dynamics and soft systems. Systemic design is distinguished by its scale, social complexity and integration – it is concerned with higher-order systems that that entail multiple subsystems. By integrating systems thinking and its methods, systemic design brings human-centred design to complex, multi-stakeholder service systems. Asdesigners engage with ever more complex problem areas, it is necessary to draw on a basis other than individual creativity and contemporary “design thinking” methods. Systems theories can co-evolve with a new school of design theory to resolve informed action on today’s highly resilient complex problems and can deal effectively with demanding, contested and high-stakes challenges.

Editors and Affiliations

  • OCAD University, Toronto, Canada

    Peter Jones

  • Graduate School of Decision Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro, Japan

    Kyoichi Kijima

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Peter Jones, OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Kyoichi Kijima, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Graduate School of Decision Science & Techonolgy, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan

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