Whenever I am thinking about my passion for holistic design, I am coming back to specific resources that have helped me navigate the multiverse of the design field and solidify my worldview and design's role in the future(s).
A thread (I will keep adding ones I forgot)
A thread (I will keep adding ones I forgot)


The business case for purpose:
"It may not be a legal requirement to put shareholders first, but to oppose that notion has in the last few decades been considered blasphemous" https://web.archive.org/web/20190617230916/https://miscmagazine.com/business-case-purpose/
"It may not be a legal requirement to put shareholders first, but to oppose that notion has in the last few decades been considered blasphemous" https://web.archive.org/web/20190617230916/https://miscmagazine.com/business-case-purpose/
Research Design and New Learning (by Richard Buchanan)
4 orders of Design. Enough said. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249562982_Research_Design_and_New_Learning
4 orders of Design. Enough said. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249562982_Research_Design_and_New_Learning
How Do Committees Invent? (Melvin Conway)
Conway's Law, everyone. Anecdote: His paper was dismissed by HBR because it was... lacking evidence - oh the irony!
https://www.melconway.com/Home/Committees_Paper.html
Conway's Law, everyone. Anecdote: His paper was dismissed by HBR because it was... lacking evidence - oh the irony!
https://www.melconway.com/Home/Committees_Paper.html
Krebs Cycle of Creativity (by @NeriOxman)
4 domains of creative exploration: Science, Engineering, Design & Art for an antidisciplinary hypothesis: knowledge can no longer be ascribed to or produced within disciplinary boundaries but is entirely entangled https://jods.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/ageofentanglement/release/1
4 domains of creative exploration: Science, Engineering, Design & Art for an antidisciplinary hypothesis: knowledge can no longer be ascribed to or produced within disciplinary boundaries but is entirely entangled https://jods.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/ageofentanglement/release/1
Rise of the meta-designer (by @udanium)
"...the rise of what I call meta-designers, whose fundamental aspects are strategic, humanistic, and—dare I say—philosophic"
https://interactions.acm.org/archive/view/july-august-2019/the-rise-of-the-meta-designer
"...the rise of what I call meta-designers, whose fundamental aspects are strategic, humanistic, and—dare I say—philosophic"
https://interactions.acm.org/archive/view/july-august-2019/the-rise-of-the-meta-designer
The Fundamental Job of Design is Not Great Design (by @karlfast)
“The real job of design is changing organizations, and charting a path to the future.” https://ratsnest.io/the-fundamental-job-of-design-is-not-great-design-1376a2b2bb48
“The real job of design is changing organizations, and charting a path to the future.” https://ratsnest.io/the-fundamental-job-of-design-is-not-great-design-1376a2b2bb48
Undoing the Toxic Dogmatism of Digital Design (by @intrepidleeloo)
"The design industry is a living paradox ...it is smugly self-satisfied & self-absorbed while simultaneously being full of some of the most talented and generous people you’ll ever meet" https://lisa-angela.medium.com/undoing-the-toxic-dogmatism-of-digital-design-4bda8c4a4eba
"The design industry is a living paradox ...it is smugly self-satisfied & self-absorbed while simultaneously being full of some of the most talented and generous people you’ll ever meet" https://lisa-angela.medium.com/undoing-the-toxic-dogmatism-of-digital-design-4bda8c4a4eba
Design: The “Next” 30 Years (by @j_camachor)
"...a fruitful approach to understanding the evolution of design ...and some interesting paths for future development, is to look at the wider technical, economic and political context..." https://medium.com/@j_camachor/design-the-next-30-years-bc82ebd71a20
"...a fruitful approach to understanding the evolution of design ...and some interesting paths for future development, is to look at the wider technical, economic and political context..." https://medium.com/@j_camachor/design-the-next-30-years-bc82ebd71a20
Thinking in Triplicate (by @mulegirl)
"...we toss the word 'good' around like we all know and agree on what it means, but how often do we ask 'good for whom and why them'" https://medium.com/mule-design/a-three-part-plan-to-save-the-world-98653a20a12f
"...we toss the word 'good' around like we all know and agree on what it means, but how often do we ask 'good for whom and why them'" https://medium.com/mule-design/a-three-part-plan-to-save-the-world-98653a20a12f
Respectful Design (by @Dori_Danthro)
The case for decolonizing design https://areena.yle.fi/1-50272558
The case for decolonizing design https://areena.yle.fi/1-50272558
Bring Back Human Centered (by @kimgoodwin)
I believe that Kim will convince everyone to be human-centered with her presentation skills and most importantly content and reasoning. Blessed to have had her at our Joint Futures conference! https://areena.yle.fi/1-50272055
I believe that Kim will convince everyone to be human-centered with her presentation skills and most importantly content and reasoning. Blessed to have had her at our Joint Futures conference! https://areena.yle.fi/1-50272055