Abstract
The design discipline has traditionally focused on products’ physical aspects, giving for granted that the context of services, infrastructures and technology will support the product life. A systemic perspective would revise such a focus, in order to project design competences over systemic aspects usually neglected by designers. This perspective shift is a challenge for designers, who have very efficient methods and tools to handle physical aspects of product design, but need to define an ‘operative paradigm’ to operate in a systemic context. An operative paradigm consists of a set of tools and methods to handle immaterial aspects such as time sequences, actors’ role and logical links in a product service system (PSS). Tools and methods can be borrowed from other disciplinary contexts, their relevance, though, derives from their adaptation to this specific study area: designing in a systemic context. This paper describes a curricular activity focused on the definition of methodologies for designing in a systemic context. using examples from students’ projects. For a semester students had to focus on a project of a PSS, borrowing and re-adapting methods from other disciplines with the purpose of developing their own project. By freely choosing and adapting such methods students defined their own operative paradigm for designing in a systemic context.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Titel | Drawing new territories, 3rd symposium of design recharch : Swiss Design Network 2006 |
Redaktører | Michael Ralf, Lysianne lechot Hirt |
Antal sider | 9 |
Forlag | Geneva University of art and design |
Publikationsdato | 2006 |
ISBN (Trykt) | 3-9523224-0-7, 978-3-9523224-0-6 |
Status | Udgivet - 2006 |
Begivenhed | Drawing New Territories - Geneva, Schweiz Varighed: 17 nov. 2006 → 18 nov. 2006 Konferencens nummer: 3 |
Konference
Konference | Drawing New Territories |
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Nummer | 3 |
Land/Område | Schweiz |
By | Geneva |
Periode | 17/11/2006 → 18/11/2006 |