The Design Way Intentional Change in an Unpredictable World
- Author
- H. Denton
- Year
- 2003
- Type
- journal article
- Category
- Teoría y Diseño
This is Howard Denton's review of Harold Nelson and Erik Stolterman's book "The Design Way: Intentional Change in an Unpredictable World." The book argues that design is a distinct, integrative way of knowing and acting on the world, separate from the natural and social sciences, aimed at deliberately shaping change under real, unpredictable conditions.
This entry is a review by Howard Denton, published in The Design Journal, of Harold G. Nelson and Erik Stolterman's book "The Design Way: Intentional Change in an Unpredictable World: Foundations and Fundamentals of Design Competence." The book itself, as described by its publisher, presents design as its own way of knowing and being in the world, distinct from the natural sciences and the social sciences, concerned with the deliberate, intentional shaping of change in real, unpredictable situations rather than with discovering fixed laws. It sets out foundational concepts meant to define design as a mature field of competence and inquiry in its own right.
Credits: Denton, H. (2003). The Design Way Intentional Change in an Unpredictable World: (H. G. Nelson & E. Stolterman, Eds.), The Design Journal (Vol. 6). http://doi.org/10.2752/146069203789355246
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