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The Rise of Design Thinking

Design Thinking is sometimes described as a "movement" and has been receiving increased attention in recent decades. The following Google Trends data reveal the rise of design thinking in relation to related areas of practice:

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Synthesis Maps | Gigamaps

Large-scale information maps relevant to complex problem areas selected by Systemic Design students in OCAD University's SFI MDes program

Systemic Design Association

Advancing systemic design: the integrative practice & theory of visualizing, designing & governing diverse socio-technical systems

Economic Futures for Ontario 2032

An Ontarian-centred foresight project investigating divergent, future economic prospects through our needs & wants, behaviours, cultures & expectations, now through 2032.

Design Emergence Media Organization (DEMO)

DEMO Publishing presents new genres and formats of interdisciplinary design and media theory and practice

Systemic Design and Its Discontents: Designing with Emergence and Accountability

This paper from RSD7 explains the power of systemic design to bring positive change & unintended consequences. We argue for alloying systemic design with ethics, social justice & data literacy. Read the paper.

What is "precompetitive innovation"?

Pre-competitive purposes / innovation / research / collaboration refers to early stage, multi-sector, “market development” efforts that aim to open up space and capacity for cooperation & competition by developing knowledge, expectations, standards.

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