Transition Design

Cited together with its originators Terry Irwin, Gideon Kossoff and Cameron Tonkinwise, Transition Design is named as a methodology suited to wicked, long-term societal transitions, providing procedural frameworks that help overcome path dependencies.
Under the Commission Component's Variables, wicked commissions are said to require methodologies "more appropriate for navigating the complexities presented by wicked commissions, aiming for long-term societal transitions and systemic understanding rather than single, definitive solutions": "Methodologies like Transition Design, Systemic Design toolkits and specifically the Symbiotic Design Framework." The Procedures Component names its originators directly: "As pioneers of Transition Design, Terry Irwin, Gideon Kossoff, and Cameron Tonkinwise emphasize procedural frameworks for addressing complex, long-term societal transitions." It is also listed among design's evolving methodologies ("Service Design, Transition Design, and Pluriversal Design") and named as a means to overcome path dependencies: "Transition Design methodologies aim to overcome them."
Related in Community
Entries this one is tied to through the book.
Examples
- Rare Earth Materials Industry and Child Labor · both placed under Wicked
- Cradle to Cradle (book by William McDonough and Michael Braungart) · discussed together in section 127
- Fab Lab Insular, Puerto Williams · discussed together in section 116
- Lifehack Initiative, New Zealand · discussed together in section 116
- Sense-Making Methodology (Brenda Dervin) · discussed together in section 116
- Woodin · discussed together in section 116
Books and references
- Cradle to Cradle (book by William McDonough and Michael Braungart) · discussed together in section 127
- Design Methods 1: 200 ways to apply design thinking · discussed together in section 127
Disciplines
- Service Design · discussed together in section 053
- Systemic Design · discussed together in section 116
Methods
- Co-Design / Co-Creation · discussed together in section 053
- Cradle to Cradle (book by William McDonough and Michael Braungart) · discussed together in section 127
In the Framework
- Wicked Problems · problem type
- Wicked · variable
- Commission Component
- Procedures Component
In the book
- Chapter 2, section 019 · Design Ethnoevolution: The Evolution of Knowledge
- Chapter 6, section 053 · Knowledge, Methods, and Theories: The Intellectual Toolkit in Perpetual Motion
- Chapter 11, section 116 · Variables influencing the Commission Component
- Chapter 13, section 127 · Operative (How?)
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