Design Publics
Design is far too important not to be shared and made as accessible as possible as our future literally depends
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design thinking
Knotted-Up Systems Design
The design opportunities for a post-pandemic world require untangling many knots in our systems. With so much of the world
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Design and the Language of Practice
Design’s value is limited in the abstract and unlocked when practiced (and only if practiced) If you are seeking to
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Evaluation and Design: Language for Innovation
Design and evaluation are a two-way street and both fields of practice are wise to learn each others’ language Design
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Design Choices and Their Outcomes
Evaluation is not a word that fits easily into design practice, but when it does, it lays bare what it
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Design’s Accessibility Problem
Our models of design and Design Thinking can enhance our ability to shape human systems without trivializing it’s importance. Design
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Taking Ideas Into Sustainable Innovation
One bright idea is pretty but a collection of ideas put into practice over time, sustainably, is beautiful (and real
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Developing Creative Confidence With Practice
The means to developing the ability to create useful, valued products and service comes from learning through doing. What is
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Innovation Subscriptions
The concept of subscribing to something is an attractive way to build in practices to sustain innovative activities. Whether it
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A Better Next
Beforetimes were different than now and what’s next will be different, too. The difference is that one we can design
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