These sources examine the emergence of design as a primary intellectual and practical discipline within fields like librarianship, interaction design, and urban planning. The texts advocate for a shift from mechanistic or scientific paradigms toward a design epistemology that prioritizes “learning by doing” and the creation of user-oriented services. Key concepts include the Berkeley Bubble’s influence on systemic design, the importance of abductive reasoning, and the pursuit of comprehensivity to unify fragmented knowledge. The collection also details the evolution of doctoral education and research standards, emphasizing that design practice serves as a rigorous form of inquiry. Ultimately, the authors present design as a holistic tradition focused on intentional change, ethical service, and the management of wicked problems in a complex world.
Sources
Based on the sources provided, here is the complete list of documents in the notebook:
• A Systems Literacy Manifesto ◦ Author: Hugh Dubberly ◦ Date: 2014 ◦ Source file: Dubberly, Design - 2014 - A Systems Literacy Manifesto - Unknown.pdf • Activity theory in a “trading zone” for design research and practice ◦ Author: Judith Gregory ◦ In: Doctoral Education in Design: Foundations for the Future (Proceedings of the La Clusaz Conference) ◦ Date: July 2000 ◦ Source file: Friedman - Foundations for the future.pdf • Can there be scientific theories of design that do not scientize design? ◦ Authors: Jordan Beck and Erik Stolterman ◦ Conference: 11th European Academy of Design Conference, Paris ◦ Date: April 2015 ◦ DOI: 10.7190/ead/2015/19 ◦ Source file: EAD_BeckStolterman_ScientificTheoriesOfDesign.pdf • Collaborating for Comprehensivity ◦ Author: CJ Fearnley ◦ Link: https://www.cjfearnley.com/CfC/resource-center/ ◦ Source file: Collaborating for Comprehensivity by CJ Fearnley.pdf • Design as Being in Service ◦ Authors: Harold Nelson & Erik Stolterman ◦ In: Doctoral Education in Design: Foundations for the Future (Proceedings of the La Clusaz Conference) ◦ Date: July 2000 ◦ Source files: Design as Being in Service.pdf, Nelson - Design as Being in Service.pdf • Design Judgement: Decision-Making in the ‘Real’ World ◦ Authors: Harold G. Nelson & Erik Stolterman ◦ Journal: The Design Journal, Vol 6, Issue 1 ◦ Date: March 2003 ◦ DOI: 10.2752/146069203790219344 ◦ Source files: Design judgement.pdf, Nelson 2003 - Design Judgement - Decision-making in the Real World.pdf, Nelson Design Judgement Decision Making in the Real World.pdf • Design Research at the Crossroads of Education and Practice ◦ Authors: Elizabeth B.-N. Sanders & Pieter Jan Stappers ◦ Journal: She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation ◦ Date: 2017 ◦ DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sheji.2017.05.003 ◦ Source file: Design Research at the Crossroads of Education and Practice.pdf • Design Thinking Pedagogy ◦ Authors: Cara Wrigley & Genevieve Mosely ◦ Publisher: Routledge ◦ ISBN: 978-0-367-43859-3 ◦ DOI: 10.4324/9781003006176 ◦ Source file: Wrigley - Design Thinking Pedagogy.pdf • Designerly Ways of Knowing in HRI ◦ Context: Workshop/Paper references including Hoggenmueller et al. (2020) and Dalsgaard (2017) ◦ Source file: Designerly Ways of Knowing in HRI.pdf • Doctoral Education in Design: Foundations for the Future ◦ Editors: David Durling & Ken Friedman ◦ Publisher: Staffordshire University Press ◦ ISBN: 1-897898-64-9 ◦ Date: July 2000 ◦ Source file: Friedman - Foundations for the future.pdf • Engaged Design Scholarship in Contexts: A journal of applied complexity ◦ Author: Peter Jones ◦ Journal: Contexts — The Journal of Systemic Design, Vol 1 ◦ Date: 2022 ◦ DOI: https://doi.org/10.58279/v1006 ◦ Source file: Jones Editorial Contexts Engaged Design Scholarship in Contexts A Journal of Applied Complexity.pdf • Everything Real is Not True ◦ Author: Harold G. Nelson ◦ Context: Organizational Design Competence ◦ Source file: Nelson - Everything Real is Not True.pdf • Expanding Knowledge about the Past and Preferred Futures Using Systemic Values Based Mapping ◦ Authors: Stan Ruecker, et al. ◦ Journal: She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation, Vol 6, No 2 ◦ Date: Summer 2020 ◦ DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sheji.2020.05.004 ◦ Source file: Expanding Knowledge about the Past and Preferred Futures Using Systemic Values Based Mapping.pdf • I501 Introduction to Informatics: Cybernetics and the Information Turn ◦ Instructors: Prof. Johan L. Bollen and Prof. Luis M. Rocha ◦ Institution: Indiana University, School of Informatics and Computing ◦ Date: 2014 ◦ Source file: i501_lecture4_slides roha - cybernetics and the information turn.pdf • Information Technology and the Good Life ◦ Author: Erik Stolterman (Based on “About the Authors”) ◦ Context: Position paper referencing MIS Quarterly ◦ Source file: Information Technology and the good life.pdf • It’s Not Rocket Library Science: Design Epistemology and American Librarianship ◦ Author: Rachel Clarke ◦ Type: PhD Dissertation, University of Washington ◦ Date: 2016 ◦ Source file: Clarke - Thesis - Its not rocket science.pdf • Knowledge Production in Interaction Design ◦ Authors: Kristina Höök, Peter Dalsgaard, Stuart Reeves, Jeffrey Bardzell, Jonas Löwgren, Erik Stolterman ◦ Conference: CHI’15 Extended Abstracts, Seoul, Republic of Korea ◦ Date: April 2015 ◦ DOI: 10.1145/2702613.2702653 ◦ Source file: Knowledge Production in Interaction Design.pdf • Making Sense of Stacey Matrix (Part 2 of 3) ◦ Authors: Geoff Elliott, Roger James, GK VanPatter ◦ Journal: NextD Journal ◦ Date: Winter 2023-24 ◦ Source files: NextD Journal Making Sense Stacey Part 2 - typos.pdf, NextD Journal Making Sense Stacey Part 2.pdf • New Metaphors: A Creative Toolkit for Generating Ideas and Reframing Problems ◦ Authors: Dan Lockton, Delanie Ricketts, Shruti Aditya Chowdhury, and Chang Hee Lee ◦ Context: Imaginaries Lab, Carnegie Mellon University ◦ Source file: New metaphors.pdf • Patterns in Motion: Examining Design’s Reconstruction (ReRethinking Design 12) ◦ Participants: Harold G. Nelson & GK VanPatter ◦ Journal: NextD Journal ◦ Date: 2004 ◦ Source file: NextD Journal - Nelson Patterns in Motion - Examining Designs Reconstruction.pdf • Strong concepts: Intermediate-level knowledge in interaction design research ◦ Authors: Kristina Höök and Jonas Löwgren ◦ Journal: ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, Vol. 19, No. 3, Article 23 ◦ Date: October 2012 ◦ DOI: 10.1145/2362364.2362371 ◦ Source file: Lowgren - Strong Concepts - Intermediate Level Knowedge in Interaction Design Research.pdf • Systemic Design as Born from the Berkeley Bubble Matrix ◦ Author: Harold G. Nelson ◦ Journal: Contexts, Volume 1 ◦ DOI: https://doi.org/10.58279/v1001 ◦ Source files: Nelson - Systemic Design as Born from the Berkeley Bubble Matrix.pdf, Nelson - Systemic Design as borm from the Berkely Bubble Matrix.pdf • Systemic Design in Complex Contexts: An Enquiry through Designing a Ship’s Bridge ◦ Author: Sigrun Lurås ◦ Type: PhD Thesis, The Oslo School of Architecture and Design ◦ Date: 2016 ◦ ISBN: 978-82-547-0283-3 ◦ Source file: mafiadoc.com_systemic-design-in-complex-contexts_59f6fecb1723dd464e46a48f.pdf • Systemic Design: Design for Complex Social and Sociotechnical Systems ◦ Author: Peter Jones ◦ Book: Handbook of Systems Sciences ◦ Date: October 2020 ◦ DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-0370-8_60-1 ◦ Source file: Jones - Systemic Design Systems Handbook.pdf • Systems Intertwined: A Systemic View on the Design Situation ◦ Author: Sigrun Lurås ◦ Journal: Design Issues, Vol 32, No 3 ◦ Date: Summer 2016 ◦ DOI: 10.1162/DESI_a_00397 ◦ Source file: Luras - Systems Intertwined a systemic view of the design situation.pdf • The Abandoned Center: The Impact of Complexity and Scale on Organizational Systems; Making the Case for a Design Approach ◦ Authors: Erik Stolterman & Harold Nelson ◦ Conference Paper ◦ Date: August 2004 ◦ Source files: Nelson The Impact of Complexity and Scale on Organizational Systems.pdf, The impact of complexity and scale on organisational systems.pdf • The Challenge of Improving Design ◦ Author: Erik Stolterman ◦ Journal: International Journal of Design, Vol. 15 No. 1 ◦ Date: 2021 ◦ Source file: The Challenge of Improving Design.pdf • The Design of Design Learning: The Graduate Programs in Whole Systems Design—A Reflective Case Study ◦ Author: Harold G. Nelson ◦ Conference: 4th Doctoral Education in Design Conference ◦ Date: June 2005 ◦ Source file: Nelson - Design of Design Education.pdf • The Design Way: Intentional Change in an Unpredictable World (1st Edition) ◦ Authors: Harold G. Nelson and Erik Stolterman ◦ Publisher: Educational Technology Publications ◦ Date: 2003 ◦ ISBN: 0-87778-305-5 ◦ Source file: Nelson - The Design Way Chapt 1.pdf • The Design Way: Intentional Change in an Unpredictable World (2nd Edition) ◦ Authors: Harold G. Nelson and Erik Stolterman ◦ Publisher: The MIT Press ◦ Date: 2012 ◦ ISBN: 978-0-262-01817-3 ◦ Source file: [Book] Nelson - The Design Way intentional change in an unpredictable world.pdf • The Interaction Design Research Triangle of Design Practice, Design Studies, and Design Exploration ◦ Author: Daniel Fallman ◦ Journal: Design Issues, Vol. 24, No. 3 ◦ Date: Summer 2008 ◦ URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25224179 ◦ Source files: Fallman 2008 - The Interaction Design Research Triangle.pdf, The Interaction Design Research Triangle.pdf • The Legacy of C. West Churchman: A Framework for Social Systems Assessments ◦ Author: Harold G. Nelson ◦ Journal: Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 20 ◦ Date: 2003 ◦ DOI: 10.1002/sres.578 ◦ Source file: Nelson 2003 - The Legacy of C West Churchman.pdf • The Promise of Systemic Designing: Giving Form to Water ◦ Author: Harold G. Nelson ◦ In: Learning, Design, and Technology ◦ Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG ◦ Date: 2020 ◦ DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17727-4\_98-2 ◦ Source file: Nelson - The Promise Of Systemic Designing.pdf • Thoughtful Interaction Design: A Design Perspective on Information Technology ◦ Authors: Jonas Löwgren and Erik Stolterman ◦ Publisher: The MIT Press ◦ Date: 2005 ◦ ISBN: 0-262-12271-5 ◦ Source file: [Book] Stolterman - Thoughtful Interaction Design.pdf • Transcending disciplinary boundaries in interaction design ◦ Authors: Eli Blevis & Erik Stolterman ◦ Journal: interactions ◦ Date: September 2009 ◦ DOI: 10.1145/1572626.1572636 ◦ Source file: Transcending disciplinary boundaries in Interaction Design.pdf • Unselfconscious Interaction: A Conceptual Construct ◦ Authors: Ron Wakkary, Audrey Desjardins, Sabrina Hauser ◦ Journal: Interacting with Computers ◦ Date: July 2015 ◦ DOI: 10.1093/iwc/iwv018 ◦ Source file: Wakkary - unselfconscious.pdf • Use of models for integration of a new capability in a C4ISR SoS ◦ Authors: Åse Jakobsson & Les Vencel ◦ Date: January 2005 ◦ Source file: Use of models for integration of a new capability.pdf • What makes a prototype novel ◦ Context: References list citing Alexander, Bardzell, Carroll, etc. ◦ Source file: What makes a prototype novel.pdf