Systemic Design
Theory, Methods, and Practice
Editors: Jones, Peter, Kijima, Kyoichi (Eds.)
Free Preview- 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
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- About this book
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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. As designers 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.
- About the authors
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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
- Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Contexts of Co-creation: Designing with System Stakeholders
Pages 3-52
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A Framework for Complex Design: Lessons from Synthetic Biology
Pages 53-67
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Inclusive Systemic Design for Health System Flourishment
Pages 69-85
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Systems Design Thinking: Theoretical, Methodological, and Methodical Considerations. A German Narrative
Pages 89-117
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Wicked Problems in Design and Ethics
Pages 119-143
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Systemic Design
- Book Subtitle
- Theory, Methods, and Practice
- Editors
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- Peter Jones
- Kyoichi Kijima
- Series Title
- Translational Systems Sciences
- Series Volume
- 8
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Japan KK, part of Springer Nature
- eBook ISBN
- 978-4-431-55639-8
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-4-431-55639-8
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-4-431-55638-1
- Series ISSN
- 2197-8832
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVIII, 318
- Number of Illustrations
- 35 b/w illustrations, 30 illustrations in colour
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