Conquering Complexity
An interesting article about the division of labor in the design process ...
"There was a time when problems were easy to solve. Want some food? Make a sharp pointed stick or sharp rock to spear a deer or marmot. Need to get around? Once you figure out how to make a wheel, sticking two of them on a flat bed and calling it a cart isn't too tough. Now, thousands of years after those first design challenges, humans are still making new things, finding new opportunities, and solving new problems. As we have grown more complex in our application of technologies to problems, and we find each new challenge more complicated than the last, how can we ensure that our problem solving strategies are up to the challenge?
How are products designed? In his book "the success of open source", author Steven Weber points out that there are two ways humans know of to solve problems: Engineering, and Evolution. Thinking about how each of these strategies pertains to your own particular design problem can be a big help in formulating a solution." continued ... (Via IDFuel)
"There was a time when problems were easy to solve. Want some food? Make a sharp pointed stick or sharp rock to spear a deer or marmot. Need to get around? Once you figure out how to make a wheel, sticking two of them on a flat bed and calling it a cart isn't too tough. Now, thousands of years after those first design challenges, humans are still making new things, finding new opportunities, and solving new problems. As we have grown more complex in our application of technologies to problems, and we find each new challenge more complicated than the last, how can we ensure that our problem solving strategies are up to the challenge?
How are products designed? In his book "the success of open source", author Steven Weber points out that there are two ways humans know of to solve problems: Engineering, and Evolution. Thinking about how each of these strategies pertains to your own particular design problem can be a big help in formulating a solution." continued ... (Via IDFuel)
How many designers to achieve this design?
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