Carnegie Mellon Transition Design 2015 A new area of design research, practice and study that proposes design-led societal transition toward more sustainable futures.

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You never change things by

fighting the existing reality.

To change something, build

a new model that makes

the existing model obsolete.

—Buckminster Fuller

Terry IrwinProfessor & Head, School of Designtirwin@andrew.cmu.educmu.academia.edu/TerryIrwin

Gideon KossoffSocial Ecologist & Adjunct Professor, School of Designgkossoff@andrew.cmu.eduindependent.academia.edu/GideonKossoff

Cameron TonkinwiseAssociate Professor & Director of Doctoral & Design Studies, School of Designcameront@cmu.educmu.academia.edu/cameron-tonkinwise

Peter ScupelliAssistant Professor & Chair, Environments TrackSchool of Designpgs@andrew.cmu.eduindependent.academia.edu/PeterScupelli

Fundamental change at every level of our society is needed to address the issues confronting us in the 21st century. Climate change, loss of biodiversity, depletion of natural resources and the widening gap between rich and poor are just a few of the ‘wicked problems’ that require new approaches to problem solving.

Transition Design acknowledges that we are living in ‘transitional times’. It takes as its central premise the need for societal transitions to more sustainable futures and argues that design has a key role to play in these transitions. It applies an understanding of the interconnectedness of social, economic, political and natural systems to address problems at all levels of spatiotemporal scale in ways that improve quality of life. Transition Design advocates the reconception of entire lifestyles, with the aim of making them more place-based, convivial and participatory and harmonizing them with the natural environment. Transition Design focuses on the need for ‘cosmopolitan local-ism’, (Manzini 2009; Sachs 1999) a lifestyle that is place-based and regional, yet global in its awareness and exchange of information and technology.

Everyday life is viewed as a potentially powerful, transformative space (Lefebvre 1984; Gardiner 2000) where transition designers explore ways in which basic human needs are satisfied locally, within economies that exist to meet those needs (Max-Neef 1992; Illich 1987; Kamenetsky 1992). This is in contrast to the dominant economic paradigm that is pred-icated upon unbridled growth and an imperative to maximize profit (Korten 1999. 2010; Mander 2012; Douthwaite 1996).

Transition designers are temporally aware and design for the ‘long now’ (Brand 1999). They draw on knowledge and wisdom from the past to conceive solutions in the present with future generations in mind. They study how large sociotechnical transitions have manifested throughout history (Geels 2010; Grin, Rotmans, Schot 2010; Shove and Walker 2007) and draw on the wisdom of pre-industrial indigenous societies who lived and designed sustainably in-place for generations (Brown 2013; Papanek 1995; Whitt 2001).

The transition to sustainable futures calls for new ways of designing that are based upon a deep understanding of how to design for change and transition within complex systems (Irwin 2011). This knowledge and the new skillsets it will inform must be integrated from areas such as science, philosophy, psychology, social science, anthropology and the humanities and will therefore challenge existing design paradigms. Transition Design is conceived as a new area for design education, practice and research and is presented here as a proposal and invitation for further discussion and debate among educators, practitioners and researchers.

Origins of the Transition concept

The concept of transition is central to a variety of contemporary discourses and initiatives concerned with how change manifests and can be catalyzed and directed in complex systems. These discourses are found within academia, non-profit and community sectors but are often unrelated to each other or to the field of design. The concept of Transition Design acknowledges and draws from all of these approaches. It aspires to act as an integrative agent among them and educate a generation of designers qualified to work in transdisciplinary teams developing transition solutions. These approaches include:

Sociotechnical Transition Management Theory & Sustainability Transitions Originating in Northern Europe within the academic fields of Innovation Management and Technology Assessment, these theories focus on how societal transitons happen. These approaches have been used as practical tools by the Dutch Government to manage the radical transformation of the energy systems in the early 2000s. These theories represent the convergence of sustainable development research, technology forecasting, social ecological impact analysis and the fields of social history and construction of technology. They study the coevolution of technologies and their uses in order to conceive how innovations can be introduced into society to enable new ways of living and working. (Elzen et al 2005; Geels 2010; Grin et al 2010)

Transition Town Network Transition Towns was a community-based movement founded in Totnes, UK by Rob Hopkins in 2005. It has since grown into an international network of communities work-ing to develop local resilience and autonomy and expand their capacity to respond and ‘bounce back’ from external perturbations such as economic downturns, climate change or disruptions to energy systems. Transition Towns develop local food and energy sys-tems, alternative currencies and support the development of local businesses. (Hopkins 2008)

The Great Transition InitiativeThe Great Transition was a term first used in 1964 by the economist and systems theorist Kenneth Boulding. In 1995 the Global Scenario Group began to produce a series of reports identifying multiple future-based planetary scenarios and strategies for change that could lead to the ‘Great Transition’ (improved quality of life, reduced poverty and inequity, human solidarity, enriched cultures and protection of the biosphere). In 2003 the Tellus Institute lauched the Great Transition Initiative (GTI), an international network of more than 40 scholars and activists who seek to develop and mobilize a planet-wide citizens transition movement. The concept of the Great Transition has also been adopted by several leading think tanks such as the New Economics Foundation. (Raskin et al 2002)

Transitions in complex systems‘Phase transition’ is a phenomenon that describes change within complex social and natural systems that are dynamic, non-linear, self-organizing and interdependent.

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discourses is the contention

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The term refers to the unexpected sudden ‘emergent’ changes that can occur in systems when they are subjected to outside stresses or ‘perturbations’. These changes are self-directed and cannot be predicted or controlled, yet are the source of new order (forms) and types of behavior (Goodwin 1998; Peat & Briggs 1999; Capra 1997).

Important concepts and streams of thought for Transition Design

Transition Design draws upon multiple theories, streams of thought and movements from varied fields and disciplines:

Living Systems TheoryWithin the last few decades, scientists within the ecological and biological fields have proposed general principles for how all living systems work (Capra & Luisi 2014; Briggs & Peat 1999; Prigogine & Stengers 1994; Wheatley 2006). Instead of examining phenomena by attempt-ing to break things down into components, living systems theory explores phenomena in terms of dynamic patterns of the relationships betweeen organisms and their environ-ments. Principles such as self-organization, emergence, resilience, symbiosis, holarchy and interdependence, among others, can serve as leverage points for initiating and cata-lyzing change within complex systems (Irwin 2011b).

FuturingTransition Design proposes that more radically new ideas and compelling visions of sustainable futures are needed. There are myriad approaches to developing future-based narratives that come from the field of science fiction, narrative and storytelling, future-casting/futuring and speculative and critical design to name a few. Transition Design argues that design solutions in the present can be informed by longer-term visions of sustainable futures (Candy 2015; Dunne & Raby 2013; Porritt 2013; Manzini & Jegou 2003).

Indigenous WisdomIndigenous pre-industrial societies lived sustainably in place for generations, informed by ‘slow knowledge’ that was place-based and embedded within local cultures (Orr 2004; Papanek 1995). Transition designers have much to learn from these approaches to designing and their symbiotic relationship with the natural environment.

Cosmopolitan LocalismCoined by German activist, author and educator Wolfgang Sachs, the term ‘cosmopoli-tan localism’ describes a place-based lifestyle in which solutions to global problems are designed for local circumstances and tailored to specific social and ecological contexts whilst being globally connected/networked in their exchange of information, technology and resources (Sachs 1999; Manzini 2009, 2012, 2013).

Everyday Life DiscourseEveryday life is an important yet often overlooked context for understanding society and the forces which mold it (Lefebvre 1984, 1991; Highmore 2002; Gardiner 2000). Transition Design proposes that everyday life, and lifestyles, should be the primary context withinwhich to design for sustainable futures and improved quality of life.

Post Normal SciencePost normal science is a method of inquiry for addressing long-term issues when relative-ly little information is available, facts are uncertain, values are in dispute and urgent decisions and outcomes are critical (Ravetz 2007).

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We have fragmented

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disciplines. As a result, after

12 or 16 or 20 years of

education, most students

graduate without any broad,

integrated sense of the

unity of things. The conse-

quences for their personhood

and for the planet are large.

—David Orr Earth in Mind

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NeedsWithin the context of lifestyles and everyday life, understanding how people go about satisfying their needs is a key strategy for developing sustainable solutions. Manfred Max-Neef’s theory of ‘needs and satisfiers’ (1992) proposes that needs are finite and univer-sal, but the ways in which people meet those needs are unique to their era, culture, geographic location, age and mindset. Transition Design argues that everyday life is more likely to be sustainable when communities are self-organizing and therefore in control of the satisfaction of their needs at multiple levels of scale: the household, the neighbor-hood, the city, the region etc.

Social Psychology ResearchSince the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, sustainability researchers have tried to establish how best to encourage people to live in more sustainable ways. Social psychology based research, drawn from work on Health Behavior Change, aimed to establish the connection between information and awareness, attitudes and values and behaviors and built environments. Heuristics from this work included ‘stages of change,’ ‘self-efficacy,’ ‘small steps lead to big steps,’ and ‘spill-over effect’ (Kasser 2011; Hargreaves et al 2012).

Social Practice TheorySocial Practice theory looks at constellations of devices, skills, actions and meanings that form the slow-changing/inertial habits and habitats of everyday life. It designs immersive ethnographies to help identify opportunities for innovation in existing practices, and to facilitate the design of multiple interventions that can help create new, more sustainable forms of everyday life (Shove 2009, 2010).

Alternative EconomicsThe transition to sustainable futures will require the development of new kinds of equita-ble and integrated economic systems in which most needs can be satisfied locally while some remain reliant on global networks. Exploring alternative modes of exchange (outside the dominant economic paradigm) whose objective is the satisfaction of needs for everyone (as opposed to the generation of profit for a few) is an important cornerstone to developing transition solutions (Korten 1999, 2010; Douthwaite 1996; Mander 2012).

WorldviewLiving in and through transitional times requires a new way of ‘being’ in the world. Environmentalist and physicist Fritjof Capra has argued that the myriad problems confronting us in the 21st century are interconnected and interrelated and can be traced to a single root problem which is a ‘crisis in perception.’ He defines this crisis in percep-tion as a mechanistic/reductionist worldview, inadequate for understanding the nature of complex systems. A shift to a more holistic/ecological worldview is one of the most powerful leverage points for transition to sustainable futures (Capra 1983; Capra & Luisi 2014; Clarke 2002; Toulmin 1990; Tarnas 2010; Meadows 2008).

Goethean Science & PhenomenologyArtist and poet Wolfgang von Goethe developed a phenomenological approach to understanding the ‘wholeness’ of natural organisms, particularly plants. This understand-ing focused on the temporal dynamics of growth, maturation and demise and looked at the symbiotic, holarchic relationship between part and whole. (Bortoft 1996, 2012; Amrine et al 1987; Hoffman 2007; Seamon 1998).

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conceptual frameworks that

transcend the narrow scope

of disciplinary worldviews.

—M.A. Somerville & D.J. Rapport Transdisciplinarity

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> The Transition Design Framework

The Transition Design framework outlines four mutually reinforcing and co-evolving areas of knowledge, action and self-reflection: 1) Vision; 2) Theories of Change; 3) Mindset & Posture; 4) New Ways of Designing.

1. Vision for Transition

Transition Design proposes that more compelling future-oriented visions are needed to inform and inspire projects in the present and that the tools and methods of design can aid in the development of these visions. Tonkinwise (2014) argues for “motivating visions as well as visions that can serve as measures against which to evaluate design moves, but visions that are also modifiable according to the changing situation.” Dunne and Raby (2013) argue that visioning creates spaces for discussion and debate about alternative futures and new ways of being. It requires us to suspend disbelief and forget how things are now and wonder about how things could be.

Transition Design proposes the development of future visions that are dynamic and grassroots based, that emerge from local conditions vs. a one-size-fits-all process, and that remain open-ended and speculative. This type of visioning is a circular, iterative and error-friendly process used to envision radically new ideas for the future that serve to inform even small, modest solutions in the present. Visions of sustainable futures can provide a means through which contemporary lifestyles and design interventions can be assessed and critiqued against a desired future state and can inform small design deci-sions in the present.

Various design approaches have diversified our ability to imagine the future, and inspire short, mid- and long-term solutions. Examples include Critical and Speculative Design (Dunne & Raby 2013) and backcasting and scenario based initiatives such as Manzini and Jegou’s Sustainable Everyday (2003) and Jonathon Porritt’s The World We Made (2013).

2. Theories of Change

Never in history has the need for change been more urgent (Max-Neef 2011). Yet, transfor-mational societal change will depend upon our ability to change our ideas about change itself—how it manifests and how it can be catalyzed and directed. Systems-level, ongoing societal change is inherently transdisciplinary—it must be informed by ideas, theories and methodologies from many varied fields and disciplines. Theories of Change is a key area within the Transition Design Framework for three important reasons: 1) A theory of change is always present within a planned/designed course of action, whether it is explicitly acknowledged or not; 2) Transition to sustainable futures will require sweeping change at every level of our society; 3) Our conventional, outmoded and seemingly intuitive ideas about change lie at the root of many wicked problems (Irwin 2011; Scott 1999; Escobar 1995).

A new, transdisciplinary body of knowledge is emerging that explains the dynamics of change within complex systems and challenges our current paradigms and assumptions. These ideas have the potential to inform new approaches to design and problem solving. Ideas and discoveries from a diversity of fields such as physics, biology, sociology and organizational development have revealed that change within open, complex systems such as social organizations and ecosystems manifests in counter-intuitive ways. And, although change within such systems can be catalyzed and even gently directed, it can-not be managed or controlled, nor can outcomes be accurately predicted (Capra & Luisi 2014; Wheatley 2006;

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be like.

—Victor Margolin The Future and the Human Spirit, Design Issues

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Meadows 2008; Brigs & Peat 1990; Prioggine & Stengers 1994). The Transition Design Framework is a fluid, evolving body of knowledge and ideas, often from outside design, whose objective is to provide designers with new tools and methodologies to initiate and catalyze transi-tions toward more sustainable futures.

3. Posture and Mindset

Living in and through transitional times calls for self-reflection and new ways of ‘being’ in the world. Fundamental change is often the result of a shift in mindset or world-view that leads to different ways of interacting with others. Our individual and collective mindsets represent the beliefs, values, assumptions and expectations formed by our individual experiences, cultural norms, religious and spiritual beliefs and the socio-economic and political paradigms to which we subscribe (Capra 1997; Kearney 1984; Clarke 2002). Designers’ mindsets and postures often go unnoticed and unacknowledged but they profoundly influence what is identified as a problem and how it is framed and solved within a given context. Transition Design asks designers to examine their own value system and the role it plays in the design process and agrues that solutions will be best conceived within a more holistic worldview that informs more collaborative and responsible postures for interaction. Transition Design examines the phenomenon of mindset and worldview and its connection in wicked problems (Kearney 1984, Linderman 2012, Tarnas 2010; Capra and Luisi 2014; Irwin 2011a).

4. New Ways of Designing

The transition to a sustainable society will require design approaches informed by new and different value sets and knowledge. Transition Designers see themselves as agents of change and are ambitious in their desire to transform systems. They under-stand how to work iteratively, at multiple levels of scale, over long horizons of time. Because transition designers develop visions of the ‘long now’ (Brand 1999), they take a decidedly different approach to problem solving in the present. Transition Designers learn to see and solve for wicked problems and view a single design or solution as a single step in a longer transition toward a future-based vision. Some solutions have intention-ally short life-spans and are designed to become obsolete as steps toward a longer- term goal. Other solutions are designed to change/evolve over long periods of time. Transition Designers look for ‘emergent possibilities’ within problem contexts, as opposed to imposing pre-planned and fully resolved solutions upon a situation. This way of design-ing must be informed by a deep understanding of local eco-systems and culture. Transition Designers work in three broad areas:

1. They develop powerful narratives and visions of the future or the ‘not yet’ (Bloch 1995; de Sousa Santos 2006). 2. They amplify and connect grassroots efforts undertaken by local communities and organizations (Penin 2013; Manzini 2007, 2015). Service design or social innovation solutions can be steps within long-term transition solutions. 3. They work in transdisciplinary teams to design new, innovative and place-based solutions rooted in and guided by transition visions.

Although we consider Transition Design to be a distinctive way of designing, it is complementary to other design approaches such as design for service and design for social innovation. Transition Design requires a commitment to onoing learning and personal change as well as the tenacity to change a system through multiple, iterative interventions over time.

[the problems confronting

society today are] just

different facets of one single

crisis, which is largely a crisis

of perception...that derives

from the fact that most

people in our modern society,

and especially our large social

institutions, subscribe to

the concepts of an outdated

worldview, a perception of

reality inadequate for dealing

with our overpopulated,

globally interconnected

world.

—Fritjof Capra & Pier Luigi Luisi A Systems View of Life

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Visions for transitions to sustainable societies are needed, based upon the reconception of entire life-styles that are human scale, place-based, but globally connected in their exchange of technology, information and culture. These visions are based upon communities that are in symbiotic relationships to the ecosystems within which they are embedded.

Transition visions must be informed by new knowledge about natural, social, and built/designed systems. This new knowledge will, in turn, evolve the vision.

New theories of change will reshape design-ers’ temperaments, mindsets and postures. And, these ‘new ways of being’ in the world will motivate the search for new, more relevant knowldege.

New ways of designing will help realize the vision but will also change/evolve it.

As the vision evolves, new ways of designing will continue to be developed.

Changes in mindset, posture and tempera-ment will give rise to new ways of designing. As new design approaches evolve, designers’ temperaments and postures will continue to

evolve and change.

Living in & thru transitional times requires a mindset and posture of openess, mindfulness, self-reflection, a willingness to collaborate, and ‘optimistic grumpiness’

The transition to a sustain-able society will require new ways of designing that are

characterized by:

• Design for ‘initial conditions’, • Placed-based,

context-based design, • Design for next level

up or down in the system, • Network & alliance

building • Transdisciplinary and co-design

processes, • Design that amplifies grassroots

efforts, • Beta, error-friendly approach to

designing

• Living Systems theory, • Max-Neef’s theory

of needs, • Sociotechnical regime theory,

• Post normal science, • Critiques of everyday

life • Alternative economics, • Social Practice

theory • Social pyschology research

Theories from many varied fields and disciplines inform a deep understanding of the dynamics of change within the natural & social worlds.

• Shifting values: cooperation over competition, self-sufficiency,

deep respect and advocacy for ‘other’ (cultures, species etc.)

• Indigenous, place-based knowledge, • Goethean Science/ Phenom-

enology, • Understanding/embracing transdisciplinarity, • Ability to

design within uncertainty, ambiguity, chaos and contradiction,

• A committed sense of urgency (grumpiness) along with optimisim in

the ability to change

Visions forTransition

Theoriesof Change

New Waysof Designing

Posture & Mindset

TRANSITION DESIGNFRAMEWORK

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Four mutually reinforcing and co-evolving areas of knowledge, action and self-reflection

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Design for Service

Design for Social Innovation

Transition DesignMature discipline

Design within existing socio-economic & political paradigms

Design that challenges existing socio-economic & political paradigms

Design within radically new socio-economic & political paradigms

Developing discipline Emergent discipline

Solutions reach users through many ‘touch points’ over time through the design of experiences. Solutions are based upon the observation and inter-pretation of users’ behavior and needs within particular contexts. Service design solutions aim to provide profit and benefits for the service provider and useful and desirable services for the user (consumer). Solutions are usually based within the business arena and existing, dominant eco-nomic paradigm.

Design that meets a social need more effectively than existing solutions. Solutions often leverage or ‘amplify’ exsiting, under-utilized resources. Social innovation is a ‘co-design’ process in which design-ers work as facilitators and catalysts within transdisciplinary teams. Solutions benefit multiple stakeholders and empower communi-ties to act in the public, private, com-mercial and non-profit sectors. Design for social innovation represents design for emerging paradigms and alternative economic models, and leads to significant positive social change.

Refers to design-led societal transition toward more sustainable futures and the reconception of entire lifestyles. It is based upon an under-standing of the interconnectedness and inter-dependency of social, economic, political and natural sys-tems. Transition Design focuses on the need for ‘cosmopolitan localism’, a place-based lifestyle in which solutions to global problems are designed to be appropriate for local social and environmental conditions. Transition Design challenges existing para-digms, envisions new ones, and leads to radical, positive social and environmental change.

A Continuum of Design Approaches

Designing along a continuumTransition Design is proposed as an emergent area of design study, research and practice that complements the established and developing sub-disciplines of Design for Service and Design for Social Innovation. Designers have the ability to contribute along a spectrum that ranges from existing paradigms (in which design is practiced primarily within the commercial marketplace) to radically new paradigms that challenge the status quo and are based upon equity and quality of life.

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Our Proposal and Invitation

Transition Design is an area of design research, practice and study that was conceived at the School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University in 2012 and integrated into new programs and curricula that launched in fall, 2014. However it is presented here as an open source concept and an invitation for engagement and co-evolution with educators, researchers and practitioners from design and related disciplines.

The area of service design is now an internationally recognized approach with a network of researchers, educators and practitioners who are working to evolve the practice and develop accepted methodologies, tools and processes. Our proposal is to open a space in which Transition Design can evolve in a similar way and connect to other global tran-sition initiatives.

Partner InstitutionsThe School of Design is working with the University of Palermo, Buenos Aires; Eina School of Design and Art, Barcelona; and Schumacher College/Plymouth University, UK to integrate Transition Design into their research agendas and curricula. This Transition Design monograph is an open invitation for more design programs and organizations to join the conversation.

Groundwork and Next Steps

Groundwork has been done over the past two years and we are working to create a body of written materials and resources that can be shared in a open-source manner.

Articles on Transition DesignLinks to materials written by several faculty members at the School of Design at CMU are included in the resources section of this monograph along with citations and links. We hope to publish a second monograph in 2016 that includes essays and papers from col-leagues in academia, research and the practice.

Teaching Materials and Transition Design BibliographyAlso included in the resources section is an outline for a masters and doctoral seminar taught at CMU in the spring of 2015 and a link to a template for documenting Transition Design case studies. Bibliographic references for all reading material has been included in the bibliography for this monograph.

Transition Design Symposium: March 2015A Transition Design Symposium was hosted at the School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University on March 7, 2015 and was attended by the School’s doctoral alumni, faculty and several invited guests. The purpose of this symposium was to extend the Transition Design conversation beyond the School and develop a body of material that can be shared with other educators, researchers and practitioners. Among the guests attending were: Ezio Manzini, Milan Polytechnico; Arturo Escobar, University of Chapel Hill; Anne-Marie Willis, editor, Design Philosophy Papers; Lara Penin & Eduardo Staszowski, Parsons New School; Damian White, Rhode Island School of Design; and Dennis Doordan, University of Notre Dame. All participants submitted position papers in response to a formal provoca-tion and the resulting body of work will be disseminated in the fall of 2015 in two ways:

Transition Design Issue of Design Philosophy PapersAnne-Marie Willis, editor of the international design journal Design Philosophy Papers (DPP) will be producing an issue about Transition Design, comprised of several position papers from the Symposium. This issue is expected in late fall 2015 or spring, 2016.

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Transition Design WebsiteAn insitution-neutral Transition Design website is being developed with an expected launch of fall, 2015. It will contain resources and links relevant to Transition Design, articles and papers on the topic (including position papers from the Symposium), a blog area, database for contributing case studies and the ability to post institutional membership/partner information. Please email us if you would like to be notified of the launch: transitiondesign@andrew.cmu.edu

Transition Design ConferenceThere are plans for an open Transition Design Conference to be convened sometime in 2017. Expressions of interest in helping to organize it are welcomed.

Transition Design ResourcesThe following sections contain links to papers and articles about Transition Design. A bibliography of relevant texts and a syllabus, course outline and case study template developed for a masters/doctoral seminar taught at CMU in spring 2015.

Articles and papers on Transition Design

These articles will eventually be compiled on the Transition Design website. For now, they can be accessed through the following links.

Transition Design: A Proposal for a New Area of Design Practice, Study and Research Terry Irwin, Design and Culture Journal, July 2015 http://www.designandculture.org/

Transition Design as Postindustrial Interaction Design Cameron Tonkinwise, Medium website https://medium.com/@camerontw/transition-design- as-postindustrial-interaction-design-6c8668055e8d

Design’s (Dis)Orders and Transition Design Cameron Tonkinwise, Medium website https://medium.com/@camerontw/designs-dis-orders-transition-design-cd53c3ad7d35

Holism and the Reconstitution of Everyday Life: A Framework for Transition to a Sustainable SocietyGideon Kossoff, Grow Small, Think Beautiful, Stephan Harding (ed.) 2011.also at: https://www.academia.edu/6085518/Holism_and_the_Reconstitution_of_Everyday_Life_A_Framework_for_Transition_to_a_Sustainable_Society

Design for Transitions—from and to what?Cameron Tonkinwise, for a Symposium on Futuring at Rhode Island School of Design, May, 2015. https://www.academia.edu/11796491/Design_for_Transition_-_from_and_to_what

Holism and the Reconstitution of Everyday Life: A Framework for Transition to a Sustainable SocietyGideon Kossoff, PhD Dissertation, Centre for the Study of Natural Design, University of Dundee, 2011. https://independent.academia.edu/GideonKossoff

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Transition Design Symposium Provocation, March, 2015Terry Irwin, Cameron Tonkinwise, Gideon Kossoff https://www.academia.edu/11439480/Transition_Design_Symposium_Provocation_abbreviated_version_

Transition Design: An Educational Framework for Advancing the Study and Design of Sustainable TransitionsTerry Irwin, Gideon Kossoff, Cameron Tonkinwise for the 6th International Sustainability Transitions Conference, University of Sussex, UK, August, 2015forthcoming on academia.edu site in August

Transition Design: The Importance of Everyday Life and Lifestyles as a Leverage Point for Sustainability TransitionsGideon Kossoff, Cameron Tonkinwise, Terry Irwin for the 6th International Sustainability Transitions Conference, University of Sussex, UK, August, 2015forthcoming on academia.edu site in August

What Kind of Design is Transition Design?Peter Scupelli for the Transition Design Symposium at CMU, March 2015.

forthcoming in an issue on Transition Design in Design Philosophy Papers.

Relevant Websites

Transition Designhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transition_design

Transition Management (governance)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transition_management_(governance)

Transition Townhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transition_town

Transition Networkhttp://www.transitionnetwork.org/

Great Transition Initiativehttp://greattransition.org

Transition United Stateshttp://www.transitionus.org/transition-towns

Transition Academyhttp://transitionacademy.nl

The Long Now Foundation http://longnow.org

Sustainability Transitions Research Network (STRN)http://www.transitionsnetwork.org/

Center for Ecoliteracyhttp://ecoliteracy.org

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Sustainable Everyday Projecthttp://www.sustainable-everyday-project.net

Donella Meadows Institutehttp://www.donellameadows.org

Resiliencehttp://www.resilience.org

Post-Carbon Institutehttp://www.postcarbon.org

New Economics Foundationhttp://www.neweconomics.org

Deutsche Post, Logistics 2050 — a Scenario Studyhttp://www.dhl-usa.com/en/press/events/logistics_2050.html

Tellus Institutehttp://www.tellus.org/index.php

Shareablehttp://www.shareable.net/

Commons Transitionhttp://commonstransition.org

Design-Related Websites

Four Orders of Designhttp://www.ida.liu.se/~steho/desres/buchanan.pdf

AIGA: Transition Design: Re-conceptualizing Whole Lifestyleshttp://www.aiga.org/video-HHH-2013-irwin-kossoff-tonkinwise/

Emergent Structureshttp://www.emergentstructures.org/

Pratt Design Incubatorhttp://incubator.pratt.edu/

designmattershttp://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/

Social Design Pathways: Winterhouse Symposiumhttp://www.socialdesignpathways.com/about/

Living Principles for Design: AIGAhttp://livingprinciples.aiga.org/

Doors of Perceptionhttp://www.doorsofperception.com/working-with-john-thackara/

Schumacher Collegehttps://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/

DESIS Design Networkhttps://www.desis-network.org/

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Transition Design Bibliography

The Transition Design Bibliography contains references and links to texts relevant to the emerging field of Transition Design and has been organized into categories that correspond to the four areas of the Framework. Many texts are naturally relevant to more than one area. Key topics have been listed in the margin of each section to provide an overview of the territory covered by the texts.

Vision

Aberley, Doug. 2008. “Building a Bioregional, Sustainable Alternative”. In Judith Plant, Christopher Plant and Van Andruss (eds.) Home! A Bioregional Reader, pp.159–160. Gabriola Island, BC: New Catalyst Books.

Berg, Peter and Raymond Dasmann. 2008. “Reinhabiting California”. In Judith Plant, Christopher Plant and Van Andruss (eds.) Home! A Bioregional Reader, pp. 35–38. Gabriola Island, BC: New Catalyst Books.

Bloch, Ernst. 1995. The Principle of Hope. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.

Borjeson, Lena et al. 2006. “Scenario Types and Techniques: Towards a User’s Guide”. Futures, 38: 723–739.

Brand, Stewart. 1999. The Clock of the Long Now: Time and Responsibility. New York: Basic Books.

Candy, Stuart. 2015. Whose Future is This? TEDxChristchurch. Available online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxgVx u2mdZI.

Casey, Edward. 2013. The Fate of Place: A Philosophical History. Oakland, CA: University of California Press.

Charles, Leonard et al. 2008. “Where You At? A Bioregional Quiz”. In Judith Plant, Christopher Plant and Van Andruss (eds.) Home! A Bioregional Reader, p. 29. Gabriola Island, BC: New Catalyst Books.

Dunne, Anthony and Fiona Raby. 2013. Speculative Everything: Design, Fiction, and Social Dreaming, pp. 1–9. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.

Escobar, Arturo. 2013 (unpublished). “Transiciones: A Space for Research and Design for Transitions to the Pluriverse” Forthcoming in Design Philosophy Papers, 2015.

Fry, Tony. 2009. Design Futuring: Sustainability, Ethics and New Practice. Oxford: Berg.

Greer, John Michael. 2008. The Long Descent: A User’s Guide to the End of the Industrial Age. Gabriola Island: New Society Publishers.

Hopkins, Rob. 2008. The Transition Town Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing Company.

Hopkins, Rob. 2011. The Transition Companion: Making Your Community More Resilient in Uncertain Times. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing Company.

Knapp, Alex. 2011. “Brian David Johnson: Intel’s Guide to the Future.” Forbes Magazine, October. Available online: http:// www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2011/10/13/brian-david-johnson-intels-guide-to-the-future/.

Kossoff, Gideon. 2011. “Holism and the Reconstitution of Everyday Life: A Framework for Transition to a Sustainable Society.” In Stephan Harding (ed) Grow Small, Think Beautiful: Ideas for a Sustainable World from Schumacher College. Edinburgh: Floris.

Jacoby, Russell. 2005. Picture Imperfect: Utopian Thought for an Ant-Utopian Age. New York: Columbia University Press.

Manzini, Ezio. 2009. “A Cosmopolitan Localism: Prospects for a Sustainable Local Development and the Possible Role of Design”. In Hazel Clark and David Brody (eds), Design Studies: A Reader, p. 448. New York: Berg.

Manzini, Ezio. 2012. “Resilient Systems and Cosmopolitan Localism – The Emerging Scenarios of the Small, Local, Open and Connected Space.” CNS Ecologia Politica. Available online: http://www.ecologiapolitica.org/wordpress/wp-con tent/uploads/2014/03/Resilient-systems-and-cosmopolitan-localism.pdf.

Manzini, Ezio. 2013. “Small, Local, Open and Connected: Resilient Systems and Sustainable Qualities”. Design Observer. New York: Design Observer Group. Available online: http://designobserver.com/feature/small-local-open-and-con nected-resilient-systems-and-sustainable-qualities/37670.

Manzini, Ezio and François Jégou. 2003. Sustainable Everyday: Scenarios of Urban Life. Milan: Edizioni Ambiente srl.

Margolin, Victor. 2007. “Design, the Future and the Human Spirit”. Design Issues. 23 (3): 4–15. Available online: http://www. mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/desi.2007.23.3.4

Orr, David. 2005. “Place and Pedagogy”. In Zenobia Barlow and Michael K. Stone (eds) Ecological Literacy: Educating Our Children for a Sustainable World, pp. 85-95. San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club Books.

Porritt, Jonathon. 2013. The World We Made: Alex McKay’s Story from 2050. New York: Phaidon Press Limited.

Key Topics

Cosmopolitan Localism

Relationship to Place

Futuring

Scenario Planning

Long-term Thinking

Narrative & Storytelling

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Raskin, Paul et al. 2002. The Great Transition: The Promise and Lure of the Times Ahead. Stockholm: Stockholm Environmental Institute and Boston: Tellus Institute. Available online: http://www.world-governance.org/article90. html.

Rockefeller Foundation and Global Business Network. 2010. Scenarios for the Future of Technology and International Development. Available online: http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/uploads/files/bba493f7-cc97-4da3-add6-3deb 007cc719.pdf.

Sachs, Wolfgang. 1999. Planet Dialectics: Exploration in Environment and Development. pp. 105-107. London: Zed Books Ltd.

Sale, Kirkpatrick. 1980. Human Scale. London: Secker and Warburg.

Shuman, Michael. 2000. Going Local: Creating Self-reliant Communities in a Global Age. New York: Routledge.

Snyder, Gary. 1995. “Reinhabitation”. In Alan Drengson and Yuichi Inoue The Deep Ecology Movement: An Introductory Anthology, pp. 67-73. Berkeley: North Atlantic Books.

Speth, James Gustave. 1992. “The Transition to a Sustainable Society”. Proceedings, National Academy of Science, USA, 89: 870–872. Available online: http://www.pnas.org/content/89/3/870.full.pdf.

Tonkinwise, Cameron. 2014. Design for Transition - From and to What? Available online: https://www.academia. edu/11796491/Design_for_Transition_-_from_and_to_what.

Wilkinson, Angela et al. 2013. “How Plausibility-Based Scenario Practices are Grappling with Complexity to Appreciate and Address 21st Century Challenges”. Technological Forecasting and Social Change 80: 699-710.

Damian, White. 2015. Future by Design. Forthcoming July 2015. London: Bristol Classical Press.

World Business Council for Sustainable Development. 2010. “Vision 2050: The New Agenda for Business.” Available online: http://www.wbcsd.org/pages/edocument/edocumentdetails.aspx?id=219.

Worldwatch Institute. 2013. State of the World: Is Sustainability Still Possible? Washington DC: Island Press.

Theories of Change

Augros, Robert and George Stanciu . 1987. The New Biology. Boston: Shambhala.

Benjamin, Barber. 2013. If Mayors Ruled the World: Dysfunctional Nations, Rising Cities. New Haven: Yale University Press.

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Berkhout, Frans, Adrian Smith, and Andy Stirling . 2003. “Socio-technological Regimes and Transition Contexts.” Science and Technology Policy Research Working Paper Series. Brighton: University of Sussex. Available online: http://www. sussex.ac.uk/Units/spru/publications/imprint/sewps/sewp106/sewp106.pdf.

Berry, Wendell. 2010. What Matters? Economics for a Renewed Community, pp. 186-188. San Francisco: Counterpoint.

Biehl, Janet and Murray Bookchin,. 1998. The Politics of Social Ecology. Montreal: Black Rose.

Boff, Leonardo and Hathaway, Mark. 2009. The Tao of Liberation: Exploring the Ecology of Transformation. New York: Orbis Books.

Bookchin, Murray. 1999. The Murray Bookchin Reader. Janet Biehl (ed). Montreal: Black Rose.

Bookchin, Murray. 2005. The Ecology of Freedom: The Emergence and Dissolution of Hierarchy. Edinburgh: AK.

Briggs, John and David Peat. 1990. Turbulent Mirror: An Illustrated Guide to Chaos Theory and the Science of Wholeness. New York: Harper and Row.

Briggs, John and David Peat. 1999. Seven Life Lessons of Chaos. New York: Harper Perennial.

Brown, Richard Harvey. 1989. A Poetic for Sociology. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Callenbach, Ernest. 2008. Ecology: A Pocket Guide. Berkeley: University of California.

Capra, Fritjof. 1997. The Web of Life: A New Scientific Understanding of Living Systems. New York: Anchor Books.

Capra, Fritjof. 2005. “Speaking Nature’s Language: Principles for Sustainability”. In Michael K. Stone and Zenobia Barlow (eds) Ecological Literacy: Educating Our Children for a Sustainable World, pp. 19-29. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books.

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Carson, Kevin A. 2010. The Homebrew Industrial Revolution: A Low Overhead Manifesto. Booksurge.

de Sousa Santos, Bonaventura. 2006. The Sociology of Emergences, The Rise of the Global Left: The World Social Forum and Beyond. London: Zed Books.

Delanty, Gerard. 2003. Community, pp. 1–21. London: Routledge.

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Douthwaite, Richard. 1996. Short Circuit: Strengthening Local Economies for Security in an Unstable World. Totnes: Green Books.

Ecologist Magazine. 1993. Whose Common Future? Reclaiming the Commons. Gabriola Island: New Society.

Key Topics

Living Systems Theory

Self-Organization

Resilience

Chaos/Complexity

Emergence

Holarchy

Diversity

Symbiosis

Transition Management

Sustainability Transitions

Sociotechnical Regimes

Post Normal Science

Needs Theory

Everyday Life Critiques

Social Practice Theory

Social Psychology

Alternative Economics

Systems Thinking

Social Ecology

Ecology

Interdependence

Decentralization

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Eguren, Inigo Retolaza. 2011. Theory of Change: A Thinking and Action Approach to Navigate in the Complexity of Social Change Processes. pp. 1-33. Panama City: UNDP and The Hague: Hivos.

Ehrenfeld, John R. 2009. Sustainability by Design: A Subversive Strategy for Transforming Our Consumer Culture. New Haven: Yale University Press.

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Ellen MacArthur Foundation. 2013. Toward the Circular Economy: Opportunities for the Consumer Goods Sector. Cowes: Ellen MacArthur Foundation. Available online: http://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/business/reports/ce2013.

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Escobar, Arturo. 2009. “Other Worlds are (Already) Possible: Self-Organization, Complexity and Post Capitalist Cultures”. In Jai Sen and Peter Waterman (eds) World Social Forum, Challenging Empires. Available online: http://www.choike. org/documentos/wsf_s506_escobar.pdf.

Escobar, Arturo. 2011. Encountering Development:The Making and Unmaking of the Third World. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Flemming, David. 2011. Lean Logic: A Dictionary for the Future and How to Survive It. England: Calverts.

Fry, Tony. 2012. Becoming Human by Design. Oxford: Berg.

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Mindset & Posture

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Beauty

Phenomenology

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Self-Reflection

Indigenous Wisdom

Ecopsychology

Craft

New Ways of Being

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Service Design

Permaculture

Transition Design

Design Ethics

Indigenous Design

Biomimicry

Ecological Design

Wicked Problems

Co-Design

Indigenous Design

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Teaching Materials to Share

The following pages contain the course outline for an inaugural masters and doctoral seminar on Transition Design tuaght in spring, 2015. The outline, syllabus and a case study template are available for download at: https://cmu.academia.edu/TerryIrwin

Instructors

Terry Irwintirwin@andrew.cmu.edu

Cameron Tonkinwisecameront@cmu.edu

Gideon Kossoffgkossoff@andrew.cmu.edu

Teaching Assistant

Jessica Weedenjessicamweeden@gmail.com

Transition Design Seminar II51702 + 51946 | Spring 2015 | Monday, Wednesday | 10:00 - 11:20 | MM215

...the forceful emergence of transition discourses and proposals in multiple sites of academic and activist life over the past decade is one of the most revealing and anticipatory signs of our times. This emergence is a reflection of both the steady worsening of planetary ecological and social life conditions and of the inability of established policy and knowledge institutions to imagine ways out of such crisis conditions. Shared by most transition discourses is the contention that we need to step out of existing instiutional and epistemic boundaries if we truly want to envision the worlds and practices capable of bringing about the significant transformations seen as needed. The project seeks to develop a particular approach to such a contention, based on a set of concepts derived from both trends in the academy and in social-political life.

— Arturo Escobar

Transition theory draws upon concepts and models of human behavior, social structures, and technological systems that span diverse disciplines and areas of study, including sociology, management, science, technology, social studies, and philosophy. It is rooted in a recognition of the significance of systems and an appreciation for the ability of sys-tems thinking to conceptualize and model complex patterns of behavior...thinking about transition this way is appealing for several reasons. It recognizes the fallacy of the silver bullet—that is, the dream of a singular solution that can leverage complex systems. It offers a way to conceptualize socio-technical change that can accommodate multiple perspec-tives. It aims to be participatory and draw contributors from across the social spectrum and emphasizes the processes of knowledge creation and sharing.

— Dennis P. Doordan

Clearly, this is not dependent solely on a solitary designer who skillfully puts together technical elements in a given design. It involves, in addition, a more diverse activity in which the design space is continually cocreated through anticipations, theories, and imaginations of what can be or what is possible in our language, social order, and technological world.

— Kalle Lyytinen

A huge amount of creativity is emerging as citizens figure out new ways to meet their daily life needs—from clothing and food, to shelter, care, and learning. At a local level, these efforts are clustering in a wide variety of social micro-economies in which people share skills, time, and resources. There’s an emphasis on collaboration and sharing; on person-to-person interactions; on the care and maintenance of existing assets. The main driver of this growing wave of social activity is necessity. Design for sustainability, it is turning out, is not about designers telling other people how to live. It’s about the cocreation of tools and enabling platforms that make it easier for people to share resources—such as energy, matter, time, skills, software, space or food. Developing grand visions for futuristic new systems is an important part of the mix—but so, too, is nurturing a continuous wave of small adjustments.

— John Thackara

4 .7.15 Course Narrative & Discussion Topics Readings/Assignments for following session Instructors

Section 1: Why Transition Design? • Orr: Designing Minds 104-111

January 12 M Why Transition? Fundamental change at every level of our society is needed to address the issues confronting us in the 21st century. Transition Design is a new area of design practice, research and study that advocates design-led societal transition toward more sustainable futures. Transition Design integrates new knowledge and skill sets from many different fields and disciplines to inform new approaches to understanding complex problems and designing for their solution.

Discussion: of global problems and the origins of ‘transition design’ (Great Transi-tion network, Transition Town Movement, Socio-Technical Transition Theory etc.). Discussion about how design needs to change and why it is in a strong position to catalyze/facilitate transition.

• Capra: Connecting the Dots 362-366

• Speth: Transition to a Sustainable Society 870-872

• Doordan: Transition 67-70

• Irwin: Wicked Problems & the Relationship Triad 232-257

• Tonkinwise: Transition Design as Post Industrial Interaction Design https://medium.com/@camerontw/transition-design-as-postindustrial-interaction-design-6c8668055e8d 4 pp.

• Escobar: Transiciones 1-11

TerryCameronGideon

14 W Wicked Problems: Climate change, loss of biodiversity, depletion of natural resources and the widening gap between rich and poor are examples of the ‘wicked’ problems transition designers must address. Wicked problems are multi-faceted/multi-scalar, are comprised of many stakeholders with conflicting agendas and because their ‘parts’ are interconnected and inter-dependent, there is no single solution. Understanding the anatomy and system dynamics of wicked

problems is a key skill of transition designers.

Lecture: Example of mapping a wicked problem Discussion: of the characteristics of wicked problems and how designers approach/solve for them. The dynamics at work in complex systems often seems counterintuitive and calls for different design skill sets.

Assignment 1: Working in groups of 3-4, diagram a wicked problem that begins with a local/place-based issue and trace its connections to regional and global levels. Represent the problem and its connections visually and identify the most powerful leverage points for design intervention. Present in the next class then upload to course blog.

• Video: How Wolves Change Rivers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysa5OBhXz-Q

• Meadows: Places to Intervene in a System http://www.thesolutionsjournal.com/node/419 12 pp.

TerryCameronGideon

21 W Mapping/Visualizing Wicked Problems: Wicked problems can manifest as seemingly mundane/simple problems at a local level (limited context), but in reality are often ‘fragments’ of wicked problems that exist on multiple levels; the local, regional and global. The ability to see the roots of these complex problems and visually represent their interconnections/interdependencies and therefore know where design intervention is likely to be most powerful is a key skill for the

transition designer.

Discussion: Groups present their visual maps and recommended points of intervention and group discusses.

• Linderman: Why the World Around You Isn’t As It Appears 1-61

TerryCameronGideon

Transition Design Seminar Spring 2015 Course Schedule Terry Irwin, Cameron Tonkinwise, Gideon Kossoff

Syllabus and course outline/schedule

Complete outline at right

Case study guide-lines and templates

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Project Profile

Briefly state the problem this project attempted to solve (3-4 sentences)

Project SectorList broad category: transport, food sys- tems, policy/leadership, energy, manufac-turing, shared amenities, economics/development, ecological restoration, hous-ing (pick one or two)

Area of Initial Design FocusList the area of original design focus: product, communication, interaction, service, social innovation design etc. (just list one or two)

Level(s) of Spatial ScaleIdentify the levels of scale at which the project is situated (household, neighbor-hood, city, region, planet)

Temporal ScaleIdentify the temporal parameters of the project. How far into the future was it intended to exist? Is it within a fixed timeline? Did the people involved in the project think about its future trajectory? (no more than 3-5 sentences)

Transition Design PotentialState whether the project has potential to become a transition design solution; through ‘connecting’, ‘reconception’, ‘scaling’, ‘amplifying’ ‘protecting/ restor-ing’ etc.

Project Overview

This section should contain a description of the project in narrative form, not exceeding 250 words. Begin with a high-level overview of the project, describing it’s stated objectives and outcomes. This section is not a critique: just describe the project as it is in the reference material you are using (it could be an article in a magazine or website or it might be a formal case study or even an interview). The ‘tone’ of the writing for this case study should be objective/journalistic and begin at a high level then progress to the details of the project. Try to outline the basic parameters that the project team or organization was working within. These ‘limits’ might be financial, cultural, place-based, temporal or material. Understanding how the project was framed is crucial to the critique. Do not speculate on how the project could /should have been done differently. This paragraph should simply be an abbreviated report on what you have found and should be free of speculation on your part. Note that the project profile in the far right column provides additional details about the project from a tran-sition design point of view. Attach the original case study or article about the project to your final document.

Vision and LIfestyle

Taking a transition design perspective, begin the critique by discussing whether this project is connected to a mid or long-term vision of sustainable futures. This vision might be explicitly stated, it might be implicit or it might not be present at all. An important aspect of transition design is to develop visions of sustainable lifestyles: Was the project framed within the context of lifestyle or everyday life either explicitly or implicitly? Did the designers ‘back-cast’ from a future vision to inform the project or were there near-term visions that informed it? Was temporal scale mentioned in the article or case study? Were the designers and implementers concerned about how long the project would or should live? Was it conceived as a ‘step’ in a longer evolu-tion to something else, or did the designers discuss how the project might change and evolve over time? Is there evidence of ‘cosmopolitan localism’ in the solution? In this section, answer these questions in narrative form. Your critique should also include what the project did well. Do NOT begin to conceptualize here about what the project could be. Do not exceed a word count of 250 for this section or the template will ‘fall’ out of format. This applies to any section in this template; sub sections should not run onto following pages.

Transition Design Case Study: School of Design, Carnegie Mellon University Team Members: Team member names here

Organizations Involved in the Project: List the companies, organizations or individuals involved in creating/sponsoiring the project

Region of the World: List the country/city/region where the project is based.

Project NamePart 1: Critique of Existing Project

Part 1: Critique of Existing Project 1

Hypothetical Project Profile

Briefly state the problem this project attempted to solve (3-4 sentences)

Project SectorList broad category: transport, food sys- tems, policy/leadership, energy, manufac-turing, shared amenities, economics/development, ecological restoration, hous-ing (these may have changed or increased in number from part !)

Area of Design FocusList the area of new design focus: Draw from the categories in part 1 but remem-ber that TD solutions may combine many areas of design focus.

Level(s) of Spatial ScaleIdentify the levels of scale at which the proposed project is situated (household, neighborhood, city, region, planet). TD solutions are scalable so this might be different than part 1.

Temporal ScaleIdentify the temporal parameters of the project. How far into the future is it intended to exist? Is it within a fixed time-line? You might develop a timeline with multiple phases on it.

Proposal Overview

In this section write a description of how the project you just critiqued could become part of a larger transition design solution. For example, you might have the idea to link the project to other similar projects in a household, neighborhood or city (remember the levels of spatial scale) and the new ecology might have new, more expanded pos-sibilities and potential. Or, the project might be connected to others that are entirely different, but new possibilities emerge out of their integration. Describe the long-term, lifestyle-based vision that informs this solution and explain how it would inform this transition design solution in the present (backcasting). Lifestyles and everyday life should be central to your description of the solution. We suggest first working to design the entire idea for your solution, then list the main features (vision, spatiotem-poral scale, lifestyle changes, needs, how it is local/global etc.) This case study should not be written up until you’ve designed and mapped the solution! The following sections will enable you to go into greater detail. Leave the headlines as they are and replace the text with your new content. Do not exceed 200 words.

Vision and LIfestyle

Transition designers develop compelling future and lifestyle based narratives that inform the conception, design and implementation of projects in the present. In this section, describe the future vision that informs your proposed solution and describe how the project you critiqued in Part 1 is connected to it. Remember that transition design visions are based in compelling narratives about everyday life and sustainable lifestyles. Describe how the future vision that informs your project is connected to/will result in more sustainable lifestyles. Describe the ‘backcasting’ process you went through and how this future-oriented vision, informs the present proposed solution (backcasting from future visions can open up new possibilities that are not always evident from our position in the present). How far in the future is this vision? If it is only a few years out, then try to imagine evolving the vision over the next 10, 20, 50 years and describe how it might in turn change/evolve the solution. Remember that principles of ‘connecting’, scaling up/down/across and over time and place-based design combined with global awareness are central to transition design solutions and should inform your solution. It is important to acknowledge that your visions will be constantly evolving as the projects in the present open up new possibilities that will shift the landscape and inform new/revised visions.

Transition Design Case Study: School of Design, Carnegie Mellon University Team Members: Team member names here

Organizations Involved in the Project: List the companies, organizations or individuals involved that could/should be involved in creating/sponsoiring the project

Region of the World: List the country/city/region where the project is based.

New Project NamePart 2: Transtion Design Proposal

Part 2: Transition Design Proposal 1

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follo

win

g s

essi

on

Inst

ruct

ors

Sec

tion

1: W

hy

Tra

nsi

tion

Des

ign?

• Orr

: Des

igni

ng M

inds

104-

111

Jan

uary

12M

Why T

ransi

tion?

Fu

nd

amen

tal c

han

ge

at e

very

leve

l of

ou

r so

ciet

y is

nee

ded

to

ad

dre

ss t

he

issu

es c

onf

ron

tin

g u

s in

th

e 2

1st

cen

tury

. Tra

nsi

tio

n D

esig

n is

a n

ew

area

of

des

ign

pra

ctic

e, r

esea

rch

an

d s

tud

y th

at a

dvo

cate

s d

esig

n-l

ed s

oci

etal

tr

ansi

tio

n t

owar

d m

ore

su

stai

nab

le f

utu

res.

Tra

nsi

tio

n D

esig

n in

teg

rate

s n

ew

know

led

ge

and

ski

ll se

ts f

rom

man

y d

iffe

ren

t fi

eld

s an

d d

isci

plin

es t

o in

form

new

ap

pro

ach

es t

o u

nd

erst

and

ing

co

mp

lex

pro

ble

ms

and

des

ign

ing

fo

r th

eir

solu

tio

n.

Dis

cuss

ion: o

f glo

bal p

robl

ems a

nd th

e ori

gins

of ‘

tran

sitio

n de

sign

’ (Gr

eat T

rans

i-tio

n ne

twor

k, T

rans

ition

Tow

n M

ovem

ent,

Soci

o-Te

chni

cal T

rans

ition

The

ory

etc.

).

Dis

cuss

ion

abou

t how

des

ign

need

s to

chan

ge a

nd w

hy it

is in

a st

rong

pos

ition

to

cata

lyze

/fac

ilita

te tr

ansi

tion.

•Cap

ra: C

onne

ctin

g the

Dot

s 36

2-36

6

•Spe

th: T

rans

ition

to a

Sus

tain

able

Soc

iety

870

-87

2

•Doo

rdan

: Tra

nsiti

on 67

-70

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in: W

icke

d Pr

oble

ms &

the R

elat

ions

hip

Tria

d 23

2-25

7

•Ton

kinw

ise:

Tra

nsiti

on D

esig

n as

Pos

t Ind

ustr

ial

Inte

ract

ion

Des

ign

http

s://

med

ium

.com

/@ca

mer

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/tr

ansi

tion-

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gn-a

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dust

rial

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obar

: Tra

nsic

ione

s 1-

11

Terr

yC

ame

ron

Gid

eo

n

14W

Wic

ked P

roble

ms:

Clim

ate

chan

ge,

loss

of

bio

div

ersi

ty, d

eple

tio

n o

f n

atu

ral

reso

urc

es a

nd

th

e w

iden

ing

gap

bet

wee

n r

ich

an

d p

oo

r ar

e ex

amp

les

of t

he

‘wic

ked

’ pro

ble

ms

tran

siti

on

des

ign

ers

mu

st a

dd

ress

. Wic

ked

pro

ble

ms

are

mu

lti-

face

ted

/mu

lti-

scal

ar, a

re c

om

pri

sed

of

man

y st

akeh

old

ers

wit

h c

onf

licti

ng

ag

end

as a

nd

bec

ause

th

eir

‘par

ts’ a

re in

terc

on

nec

ted

an

d in

ter-

dep

end

ent,

th

ere

is n

o s

ing

le s

olu

tio

n. U

nd

erst

and

ing

th

e an

ato

my

and

sys

tem

dyn

amic

s of

wic

ked

pro

ble

ms

is a

key

ski

ll of

tra

nsi

tio

n d

esig

ner

s.

Lec

ture

: Ex

ampl

e of m

appi

ng a

wic

ked

prob

lem

Dis

cuss

ion: o

f the

char

acte

rist

ics

of w

icke

d pr

oble

ms a

nd h

ow d

esig

ners

app

roac

h/so

lve f

or th

em. T

he d

ynam

ics a

t w

ork

in co

mpl

ex sy

stem

s ofte

n se

ems c

ount

erin

tuiti

ve a

nd ca

lls fo

r diff

eren

t des

ign

skill

sets

.

Ass

ignm

ent

1: W

orki

ng in

gro

ups

of 3

-4, d

iagr

am a

w

icke

d pr

oble

m th

at b

egin

s w

ith

a lo

cal/

plac

e-ba

sed

issu

e an

d tr

ace

its

conn

ecti

ons

to re

gion

al a

nd g

loba

l le

vels

. Rep

rese

nt th

e pr

oble

m a

nd it

s co

nnec

tion

s vi

sual

ly a

nd id

enti

fy th

e m

ost p

ower

ful l

ever

age

poin

ts

for d

esig

n in

terv

enti

on. P

rese

nt in

the

next

cla

ss th

en

uplo

ad to

cou

rse

blog

.

•Vid

eo: H

ow W

olve

s Cha

nge R

iver

s http

s://

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w.y

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be.c

om/w

atch

?v=y

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BhXz

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eado

ws:

Pla

ces t

o In

terv

ene i

n a

Syst

em h

ttp:/

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olut

ions

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nal.c

om/n

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p.

Terr

yC

ame

ron

Gid

eo

n

21

WM

appin

g/V

isual

izin

g W

icke

d P

roble

ms:

Wic

ked

pro

ble

ms

can

man

ifes

t as

se

emin

gly

mu

nd

ane/

sim

ple

pro

ble

ms

at a

loca

l lev

el (

limit

ed c

on

text

), b

ut

in

real

ity

are

ofte

n ‘f

rag

men

ts’ o

f w

icke

d p

rob

lem

s th

at e

xist

on

mu

ltip

le le

vels

; th

e lo

cal,

reg

ion

al a

nd

glo

bal.

Th

e ab

ility

to

see

th

e ro

ots

of

thes

e co

mp

lex

pro

ble

ms

and

vis

ual

ly r

epre

sen

t th

eir

inte

rco

nn

ecti

on

s/in

terd

epen

den

cies

an

d t

her

efo

re

know

wh

ere

des

ign

inte

rven

tio

n is

like

ly t

o b

e m

ost

pow

erfu

l is

a ke

y sk

ill f

or

the

tran

siti

on

des

ign

er.

Dis

cuss

ion: G

roup

s pre

sent

thei

r vis

ual m

aps a

nd re

com

men

ded

poin

ts o

f in

terv

entio

n an

d gr

oup

disc

usse

s.

•Lin

derm

an: W

hy th

e Wor

ld A

roun

d Yo

u Is

n’t A

s It

Appe

ars

1-61

Terr

yC

ame

ron

Gid

eo

n

Tran

siti

on

Des

ign

Sem

inar S

pri

ng

20

15 C

ou

rse

Sch

edu

le

Ter

ry Ir

win

, Cam

eron

Ton

kinw

ise,

Gid

eon

Koss

off

23

Sec

tion 1

: W

hy T

ransi

tion D

esig

n?

Sec

tion

2: T

he

Tran

siti

on

Des

ign

Fra

mew

ork

26

MTra

nsi

tion E

duca

tion/T

hin

kin

g:

Alb

ert

Lin

der

man

Ph

D is

th

e au

tho

r of

“W

hy

the

Wo

rld

Aro

un

d Y

ou

Isn’

t as

it A

pp

ears

” an

d C

EO

of

the

Sag

is C

orp

ora

tio

n, a

le

ader

in le

ader

ship

tra

nsi

tio

n a

nd

th

e el

icit

atio

n a

nd

pre

serv

atio

n o

f ex

per

t kn

owle

dg

e. D

r. L

ind

erm

an w

ill jo

in u

s fo

r a

dis

cuss

ion

ab

ou

t th

e co

nce

pt

of a

nd

n

eed

fo

r ‘t

ran

siti

on’

: Wes

tern

Ed

uca

tio

n is

bu

ilt o

n s

cien

tifi

c th

inki

ng

bo

rn o

f th

e E

nlig

hte

nm

ent.

It s

ays

mu

ch a

bo

ut

the

mat

eria

l wo

rld

an

d li

ttle

ab

ou

t w

hat

it

mea

ns

to b

e h

um

an. N

ew t

hin

kin

g t

hat

will

allo

w f

or

soci

etal

tra

nsi

tio

n c

om

bin

es

wes

tern

mat

eria

list

edu

cati

on

wit

h a

n u

nd

erst

and

ing

of

the

evo

lvin

g

con

scio

usn

ess

of h

um

an b

ein

gs.

He

will

pre

sen

t so

me

of t

he

sim

ilari

ties

an

d

dif

fere

nce

s of

th

e tw

o a

pp

roac

hes

wh

ile in

tro

du

cin

g t

he

thin

kin

g s

trea

m t

hat

al

low

s fo

r th

e cr

eati

vity

an

d im

agin

atio

n n

eed

ed f

or

tran

siti

on

.

•Max

wel

l: Co

ncep

tual

Fra

mew

orks

39-

53

•Kos

soff

: Why

a F

ram

ewor

k is

Nee

ded/

Inte

grat

ion

of

Know

ledg

e 5-

10,

25-

27

•Irw

in: T

rans

ition

Des

ign

1-13

Alb

ert

L

ind

erm

an

28

WThe

Tra

nsi

tion D

esig

n F

ram

ework

: A

fra

mew

ork

is u

sed

to

hel

p f

orm

ula

te a

nd

ev

olv

e th

e n

ew w

ays

of t

hin

kin

g, b

ein

g a

nd

des

ign

ing

th

at T

ran

siti

on

Des

ign

re

qu

ires

. Fra

mew

ork

s ar

e co

nce

ptu

al m

aps

or

mo

del

s th

at c

an g

uid

e, in

form

an

d

shap

e p

ract

ice,

res

earc

h a

nd

stu

dy.

Th

e Tr

ansi

tio

n D

esig

n f

ram

ewo

rk is

op

en a

nd

d

ynam

ic a

nd

pro

po

ses

fou

r m

utu

ally

infl

uen

cin

g/c

o-e

volv

ing

are

as in

wh

ich

fu

ture

-bas

ed n

arra

tive

s, k

now

led

ge,

ski

lls a

nd

act

ion

can

be

dev

elo

ped

: 1)

vis

ion

;

2)

theo

ries

of

chan

ge;

3)

min

dse

t/p

ost

ure

; 4

) n

ew w

ays

of d

esig

nin

g.

Dis

cuss

ion: f

ram

ewor

ks a

nd th

eir v

alue

and

the i

mpo

rtan

ce o

f the

inte

grat

ion/

appl

icat

ion

of tr

ansd

isci

plin

ary

know

ledg

e & id

eas.

Intr

oduc

tion

to th

e Tra

nsiti

on

Des

ign

fram

ewor

k an

d th

e rel

atio

nshi

p be

twee

n th

e fou

r are

as.

•Egu

ren:

The

ory

of C

hang

e 1-

33

•Can

dy: T

ED T

alk

on E

nvis

ioni

ng th

e Fut

ure h

ttps:

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ww

.you

tube

.com

/wat

ch?v

=Yxg

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min

.

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nd: C

lock

of t

he L

ong N

ow 8

-9,

28-

31,

132-

136,

144-

147,

160

-16

4

•Mar

golin

: Des

ign,

the F

utur

e and

the H

uman

Spi

rit

4-15

Terr

yG

ide

on

Cam

ero

n

Febru

ary

2M

Vis

ion &

Theo

ries

of

Chan

ge:

Tra

nsi

tio

n D

esig

n p

rop

ose

s th

at m

ore

rad

ical

ly

new

idea

s an

d c

om

pel

ling

vis

ion

s of

su

stai

nab

le f

utu

res

are

nee

ded

. Th

ese

lon

g-

term

vis

ion

s ar

e co

nce

ived

th

rou

gh

a c

ircu

lar,

iter

ativ

e, e

rro

r-fr

ien

dly

pro

cess

th

at c

an in

form

sm

all,

dis

cret

e d

esig

n s

olu

tio

ns

in t

he

pre

sen

t. T

he

con

cep

t of

ch

ang

e is

cen

tral

to

Tra

nsi

tio

n D

esig

n. S

oci

etal

tra

nsf

orm

atio

n w

ill d

epen

d u

po

n

ou

r ab

ility

to

ch

ang

e o

ur

idea

s ab

ou

t ch

ang

e it

self

—h

ow it

man

ifes

ts a

nd

how

it

can

be

init

iate

d a

nd

dir

ecte

d. T

her

efo

re T

ran

siti

on

Des

ign

is b

ased

up

on

a d

eep

u

nd

erst

and

ing

of

the

dyn

amic

s of

ch

ang

e w

ith

in c

om

ple

x so

cial

an

d n

atu

ral

syst

ems.

Dis

cuss

ion: o

f the

his

tory

of ‘

visi

onin

g’/u

topi

an th

ough

t. D

iscu

ssio

n of

the V

isio

n an

d Th

eori

es o

f Cha

nge s

ectio

ns o

f the

Tra

nsiti

on D

esig

n fr

amew

ork

and

thei

r im

port

ance

.

•Cla

rke:

Fra

min

g the

Pro

blem

14-

22

•Kuh

n: T

he S

truc

ture

of S

cien

tific

Rev

olut

ions

111

-13

5

•McG

ilchr

ist:

Reca

ptur

ing t

he W

hole

67-

71

•Mar

golin

: Des

ign

for a

Sus

tain

able

Wor

ld 9

2-10

1

Terr

yG

ide

on

Cam

ero

n

24

Sec

tion 2

: The

Tra

nsi

tion D

esig

n F

ram

ework

4W

Min

dse

t/Pos

ture

& N

ew W

ays

of D

esig

nin

g:

Tran

siti

on

Des

ign

arg

ues

th

at

livin

g in

an

d t

hro

ug

h t

ran

siti

on

al t

imes

cal

ls f

or

self

-ref

lect

ion

an

d a

new

way

of

‘bei

ng

’ in

th

e w

orl

d. T

his

ch

ang

e m

ust

be

base

d u

po

n a

new

min

dse

t/w

orl

dvi

ew

and

po

stu

re (

inte

rnal

) th

at le

ads

to d

iffe

ren

t w

ays

of in

tera

ctin

g w

ith

oth

ers

(ext

ern

al)

that

info

rms

pro

ble

m s

olv

ing

/des

ign

. Tra

nsi

tio

n D

esig

ner

s se

e th

em-

selv

es a

s ag

ents

of

chan

ge,

are

am

bit

iou

s in

th

eir

des

ire

to t

ran

sfo

rm s

yste

ms

and

life

styl

es, a

nd

un

der

stan

d t

hat

tra

nsi

tio

n c

alls

fo

r a

com

mit

men

t to

wo

rk

iter

ativ

ely,

at

mu

ltip

le le

vels

of

scal

e ov

er lo

ng

ho

rizo

ns

of t

ime.

In c

lass

rea

din

g: K

illin

g of t

he W

olf.

Dis

cuss

ion: o

f the

Min

dset

/Pos

ture

and

New

W

ays o

f Des

igni

ng se

ctio

ns o

f the

Tra

nsiti

on D

esig

n fr

amew

ork

and

thei

r im

port

ance

.

•Por

ritt

: The

Wor

ld W

e Mad

e 4-

19

•Man

zini

& Je

gou:

Sus

tain

able

Eve

ryda

y 24

6-25

5 ht

tp:/

/w

ww

.sus

tain

able

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ryda

y-pr

ojec

t.net

/blo

g/lib

rary

-su

stai

nabl

e-ev

eryd

ay/

•Dun

ne &

Rab

y: B

eyon

d Ra

dica

l Des

ign

1-

9

•de

Sous

a Sa

ntos

: The

Soc

iolo

gy o

f Em

erge

nces

207

-20

9

•Wilk

inso

n et

al:

Plau

sibi

lity-

Base

d Sc

enar

io P

ract

ices

69

9-70

5

•Bor

jeso

n et

al:

Scen

ario

Typ

es a

nd T

echn

ique

s 72

3-73

8

•Gre

at T

rans

itio

n: W

here

We a

re H

eade

d 13

-29

& 4

4-45

Terr

y

Sec

tion

3: Tr

an

siti

on

Topic

s

9M

Vis

ion: S

cenar

io D

evel

opm

ent

Des

ign

ers

are

un

iqu

ely

suit

ed t

o d

evel

op

co

mp

ellin

g v

isio

ns

of s

ust

ain

able

fu

ture

s b

ecau

se o

f th

eir

exp

erie

nce

in a

reas

su

ch a

s sc

enar

io d

evel

op

men

t, f

utu

re-c

asti

ng

an

d s

pec

ula

tive

des

ign

. Tra

nsi

tio

n

‘vis

ion

ing

’ hel

ps t

ran

scen

d t

he

limit

atio

ns

of t

he

pre

sen

t an

d c

reat

es a

spa

ce in

w

hic

h w

e ca

n s

pec

ula

te a

nd

wo

nd

er a

bo

ut

how

th

ing

s co

uld

be.

Th

ese

futu

re-

base

d v

isio

ns

can

ser

ve a

s m

easu

res

agai

nst

wh

ich

to

gu

ide,

insp

ire

and

eva

luat

e

des

ign

so

luti

on

s in

th

e p

rese

nt.

Dis

cuss

ion: o

f var

ious

futu

re-o

rien

ted

scen

ario

s and

visi

onin

g app

roac

hes a

nd

thei

r str

engt

hs/w

eakn

esse

s.

•Bra

nd: T

he O

rder

of C

ivili

zatio

n 34

-39

•Orr

: Slo

w K

now

ledg

e 35

-42

•Deu

tsch

e Po

st: D

eliv

erin

g Tom

orro

w, L

ogis

tics 2

050,

12-

16,

22-

26,

skim

38-

105

Terr

yC

ame

ron

11W

Vis

ion: C

onnec

ting V

isio

ns

to t

he

Pas

t &

Pre

sent

On

e of

th

e ch

arac

teri

stic

s of

mo

der

n s

oci

ety

is it

s ra

pid

pac

e an

d t

he

imp

lem

enta

tio

n o

f ‘f

ast

know

led

ge’

w

hic

h o

ften

dam

ages

or

des

troy

s n

atu

ral a

nd

so

cial

eco

syst

ems.

By

con

tras

t,

des

ign

wit

hin

pre

-in

du

stri

al s

oci

etie

s w

as in

form

ed b

y 's

low

kn

owle

dg

e' w

hic

h

enab

led

th

em t

o li

ve s

ust

ain

ably

in p

lace

fo

r g

ener

atio

ns.

Su

ch c

ult

ure

s, a

s S

tuar

t B

ran

d a

rgu

es, h

ad s

ix d

isti

nct

tem

po

ral l

ayer

s, e

ach

mov

ing

at

a d

iffe

ren

t pa

ce in

a sy

stem

of

chec

ks a

nd

bal

ance

s. T

ran

siti

on

des

ign

ers

nee

d t

o le

arn

fro

m s

uch

so

ciet

ies,

th

inki

ng

in lo

ng

ho

rizo

ns

of t

ime

to d

evel

op

vis

ion

s an

d s

olu

tio

ns

aim

ed

at t

ran

sfo

rmin

g/t

ran

siti

on

ing

so

ciet

al in

fras

tru

ctu

res.

Bri

ef L

ectu

re:

on le

vels

of c

ivili

zatio

n D

iscu

ssio

n: a

bout

the i

mpo

rtan

ce o

f es

tabl

ishi

ng a

conn

ectio

n be

twee

n pa

st a

nd p

rese

nt in

ord

er to

‘vis

ion’

the f

utur

e. T

he

impo

rtan

ce o

f thi

nkin

g in/

desi

gnin

g for

long

hor

izon

s of t

ime a

nd a

pplic

atio

n of

sl

ow k

now

ledg

e. O

verv

iew

of t

he ch

arac

teri

stic

s of h

ealth

y, lo

ng-l

ived

soci

etie

s and

th

e cat

egor

ies o

f inf

rast

ruct

ure t

hat w

ill n

eed

to tr

ansi

tion/

tran

sfor

m.

•Man

zini

: Sm

all,

Ope

n, L

ocal

and

Con

nect

ed 2

16-

228

•Man

zini

: Res

ilien

t Sys

tem

s & C

osm

opol

itan

Loca

lism

1-

6

•Orr

: Ped

agog

y an

d Pl

ace

86-

94

•Cas

ey: B

eing

Bef

ore P

lace

IX-

XVII

•Abe

rley

: Bui

ldin

g a B

iore

gion

al S

usta

inab

le A

ltern

ativ

e 15

9-16

0

•Ber

g &

Das

min

: Rei

nhab

iting

Cal

iforn

ia 3

5-38

•Cha

rles

: A B

iore

gion

al Q

uiz

pg

.1

•Sac

hs: C

osm

opol

itan

Loca

lism

238

-23

9

•Kos

soff

: Eve

ryda

y Li

fe 1

42-

157

•Del

anty

: Com

mun

ities

as a

n Id

ea 1

62-

166

Terr

y

25

Sec

tion 3

: Tra

nsi

tion T

opic

s

16M

Vis

ion: C

onnec

ting P

lanet

, C

om

munit

ies

& P

lace

Tra

nsi

tio

n D

esig

n p

rop

ose

s th

e re

-co

nce

pti

on

of

wh

ole

life

styl

es a

nd

ad

dre

sses

qu

alit

y of

life

issu

es w

ith

in

the

con

text

of

the

ever

yday

. It

focu

ses

on

th

e n

eed

fo

r C

osm

op

olit

an L

oca

lism

, a

lifes

tyle

th

at is

pla

ce-b

ased

an

d r

egio

nal

, yet

glo

bal i

n it

s aw

aren

ess

and

ex

chan

ge

of in

form

atio

n a

nd

tec

hn

olo

gy.

Tra

nsi

tio

n D

esig

n w

ork

s to

cre

ate

mu

lti-

scal

ar n

etw

ork

s of

su

stai

nab

le c

om

mu

nit

ies

that

fo

ster

sym

bio

tic

rela

tio

nsh

ips

wit

h t

he

eco

syst

ems

in w

hic

h t

hey

are

sit

uat

ed.

Dis

cuss

ion: o

f Cos

mop

olita

n Lo

calis

m a

nd th

e cha

ract

eris

tics o

f des

ign

solu

tions

co

ncei

ved

to co

ntri

bute

to lo

cal,

sust

aina

ble l

ifest

yles

.

• Irw

in: E

xcer

pt fr

om M

Sc th

esis

169

-18

5

• Irw

in: P

rinc

iple

s of L

ivin

g Sys

tem

s Mat

rix

1-2

•Shi

rkey

: Sm

all W

orld

Net

wor

ks 2

48-

250

•Wal

ker &

Sal

t: Th

e Sys

tem

Rul

es 2

70-

274

• Whe

atle

y: A

Sim

pler

Way

251

-25

3

Gid

eo

n

18W

Theo

ries

of

Chan

ge:

Dynam

ics

of N

atura

l &

Soci

al S

yst

ems

So

cial

org

an-

izat

ion

s, n

atu

ral e

cosy

stem

s an

d e

ven

wic

ked

pro

ble

ms

are

all e

xam

ple

s of

co

mp

lex

syst

ems

that

Tra

nsi

tio

n D

esig

ner

s m

ust

des

ign

fo

r an

d w

ith

in. T

he

stu

dy

of t

he

dyn

amic

s w

ith

in t

hes

e ‘li

vin

g s

yste

ms’

(su

ch a

s em

erg

ence

, res

ilien

ce,

feed

back

, sen

siti

vity

to

init

ial c

on

dit

ion

s, s

elf

org

aniz

atio

n a

nd

th

e re

lati

on

ship

b

etw

een

‘wh

ole

’ an

d ‘p

art’

) h

as s

how

n t

hat

th

ey a

re o

ften

co

un

ter

intu

itiv

e, y

et

they

can

be

leve

rag

ed b

y Tr

ansi

tio

n D

esig

ner

s to

cre

ate

mo

re im

pact

ful s

olu

tio

ns.

Dis

cuss

ion: o

f liv

ing s

yste

ms p

rinc

iple

s and

how

they

can

info

rm d

esig

n pr

oces

s and

so

lutio

ns.

•Gri

n, R

otm

ans

& S

chot

: Int

rodu

ctio

n: E

xplo

ratio

n of

th

e Res

earc

h To

pic

11-

17

•Gri

n, R

otm

ans

& S

chot

: The

oret

ical

Bac

kgro

unds

29-

53

•Gri

n, R

otm

ans

& S

chot

: Con

cept

ual F

ram

ewor

k fo

r An

alyz

ing T

rans

ition

s 12

6-13

9

•Sno

wde

n: C

ompl

ex A

cts o

f Kno

win

g 23

-28

•Sno

wde

n: S

trat

egy

in th

e Con

text

of U

ncer

tain

ty 4

7-53

•Rav

etz:

Pos

t Nor

mal

Sci

ence

& th

e Com

plex

ity o

f Tr

ansi

tions

Tow

ard

Sust

aina

bilit

y 27

5-28

3

Terr

y

23

MTheo

ries

of

Chan

ge:

Var

ious

Syst

ems

Appro

aches

Tra

nsi

tio

n D

esig

ner

s w

ill

nee

d t

o u

nd

erst

and

wh

ere

to in

terv

ene

in c

om

ple

x sy

stem

s in

ord

er t

o t

ran

sfo

rm

them

an

d t

her

e ar

e m

yria

d r

elev

ant

‘ch

ang

e’ t

heo

ries

incl

ud

ing

: 1)

So

cio

-te

chn

ical

Reg

ime

Th

eory

loo

ks a

t th

e p

roce

ss o

f ch

ang

e an

d t

ran

sfo

rmat

ion

in

soci

o-t

ech

nic

al r

egim

es (

patt

ern

s of

art

ifac

ts, i

nst

itu

tio

ns,

ru

les

and

no

rms)

an

d

the

role

of

‘nic

hes

’ wit

hin

su

ch s

yste

ms

as a

n im

po

rtan

t lo

ci f

or

inte

rven

tio

n a

nd

chan

ge;

2)

Th

e C

ynef

in f

ram

ewo

rk e

nab

les

a p

rob

lem

to

be

anal

yzed

fro

m n

ew/

vari

ou

s vi

ewp

oin

ts a

nd

pro

mo

tes

the

assi

mila

tio

n o

f co

mp

lex

con

cep

ts t

o in

form

d

ecis

ion

mak

ing

; 3

) P

ost

no

rmal

sci

ence

is a

met

ho

d o

f in

qu

iry

for

add

ress

ing

lo

ng

-ter

m is

sues

wh

en r

elat

ivel

y lit

tle

info

rmat

ion

is a

vaila

ble

, fac

ts a

re

un

cert

ain

, val

ues

are

in d

isp

ute

an

d u

rgen

t d

ecis

ion

s/o

utc

om

es a

re c

riti

cal.

Th

ese

are

a fe

w e

xam

ple

s of

‘th

eori

es o

f ch

ang

e’ t

hat

can

info

rm T

ran

siti

on

Des

ign

ers

in

fram

ing

an

d s

olv

ing

pro

ble

ms.

Dis

cuss

ion: o

f the

theo

ries

of c

hang

e lis

ted

abov

e and

how

they

can

info

rm th

e way

in

whi

ch d

esig

ners

fram

e pro

blem

s with

in co

mpl

ex so

cial

cont

exts

/sys

tem

s.

Addi

tiona

l the

orie

s of c

hang

e to

to b

e dis

cuss

ed in

subs

eque

nt cl

ass s

essi

ons.

•Max

-Nee

f & S

mit

h: W

orld

on

a Co

llisi

on C

ours

e 73

-78

•Max

-Nee

f: A

Hum

an S

cale

Eco

nom

ics f

or th

e 21s

t Ce

ntur

y 10

9-11

8

•Irw

in: D

esig

n fo

r a S

usta

inab

le F

utur

e 41

-60

•Illi

ch: U

sefu

l Une

mpl

oym

ent a

nd it

s Pro

fess

iona

l En

emie

s 3-

22

Cam

ero

nJ

abe

26

25

WTheo

ries

of

Chan

ge:

Glo

bal

izat

ion v

s. N

eeds

Sat

isfa

ctio

n

Des

ign

is

inex

tric

ably

co

nn

ecte

d t

o t

he

way

in w

hic

h w

e m

eet

ou

r n

eed

s. 'S

atis

fier

s' f

or

nee

ds,

how

ever

, are

oft

en m

isco

nce

ived

 or

inap

pro

pri

ate

and

mo

tiva

ted

by

the

des

ire

for

pro

fit

and

eco

no

mic

gro

wth

rat

her

th

an h

um

an f

ulf

illm

ent.

As

a re

sult

, th

e co

nsu

mer

ist/

glo

baliz

ed e

con

om

y is

fra

gile

, in

equ

itab

le a

nd

deg

rad

es b

oth

co

mm

un

itie

s an

d t

he

nat

ura

l env

iro

nm

ent.

Tra

nsi

tio

n D

esig

ner

s m

ust

un

der

stan

d

the

con

seq

uen

ces

of g

loba

lizat

ion

incl

ud

ing

th

e w

ays

in w

hic

h it

un

der

min

es t

he

abili

ty o

f lo

cal c

om

mu

nit

ies

to m

eet

thei

r n

eed

s in

su

stai

nab

le, p

lace

-bas

ed w

ays.

Dis

cuss

ion: B

rief

lect

ure o

n M

ax-N

eef’s

theo

ry o

f nee

ds a

nd it

s rel

evan

ce fo

r des

ign

follo

wed

by

disc

ussi

on.

• Kos

soff

: Hol

ism

and

the R

econ

stitu

tion

of E

very

day

Life

: A

Fra

mew

ork

for T

rans

ition

to a

Sus

tain

able

Soc

iety

122

-14

0

•Col

in W

ard:

Spo

ntan

eous

Ord

er 1

97-

201

•Esc

obar

: Oth

er W

orld

s are

Alre

ady

Poss

ible

254

-25

9

•Jon

es: A

Gai

an S

ocia

l Cri

tique

179

-18

9

Gid

eo

nTe

rry

Cam

ero

n

Marc

h2

MTheo

ries

of

Chan

ge:

The

Dom

ains

of E

very

day

Lif

e &

Nee

ds

Sat

isfa

ctio

n

Ever

yday

life

is t

he

pri

mar

y co

nte

xt f

or

Tran

siti

on

Des

ign

an

d is

mo

re li

kely

 to b

e su

stai

nab

le w

hen

co

mm

un

itie

s ar

e se

lf-o

rgan

izin

g a

nd

co

ntr

ol t

he

sati

sfac

tio

n o

f th

eir

nee

ds.

 In m

any

trad

itio

nal

so

ciet

ies

ever

yday

life

was

org

aniz

ed a

t d

iffe

ren

t le

vels

of

scal

e: h

ou

seh

old

s, n

eig

hb

orh

oo

ds,

vill

ages

, cit

ies

and

reg

ion

s—th

e 'D

om

ain

s of

Eve

ryd

ay L

ife'

.  In

mo

der

n t

imes

co

ntr

ol o

f th

e sa

tisf

acti

on

of

nee

ds

has

bee

n c

eded

to

cen

tral

ized

inst

itu

tio

ns

and

th

is is

dir

ectl

y co

nn

ecte

d t

o t

he

dec

line

of b

oth

th

e 'D

om

ain

s' a

nd

un

sust

ain

abili

ty. T

ran

siti

on

to

su

stai

nab

le

futu

res

will

invo

lve

the

red

esig

n/r

einv

enti

on

of

the

Do

mai

ns

as s

elf-

org

aniz

ing

, pa

rtic

ipat

ory

, net

wo

rked

an

d n

este

d f

orm

s w

ith

in w

hic

h c

om

mu

nit

ies

reg

ain

th

e co

ntr

ol o

f th

e sa

tisf

acti

on

of

thei

r n

eed

s.

Dis

cuss

ion: D

iscu

ssio

n of

the D

omai

ns o

f Eve

ryda

y Li

fe, e

very

day

life a

s the

locu

s fo

r act

ion

and

com

mun

ities

and

self-

orga

niza

tion.

• Tho

gers

en &

Cro

mpt

on: S

impl

e and

Pai

nles

s? 1

41-

161

•Kas

ser:

Eco

logi

cal C

halle

nges

, Mat

eria

listic

Val

ues a

nd

Soci

al C

hang

e 89

-10

5

•Pow

er &

Mon

t: D

ispe

lling

the M

yths

Abo

ut C

onsu

mpt

ion

Beha

viou

r 1-

21

•Sho

ve: B

eyon

d th

e ABC

: Clim

ate C

hang

e Pol

icy

and

Theo

ries

of S

ocia

l Cha

nge

1273

-12

83

Gid

eo

n

4W

Theo

ries

of

Chan

ge:

Soci

al P

sych

olo

gy

Res

earc

h S

ince

th

e R

io E

arth

Su

mm

it, s

ust

ain

abili

ty r

esea

rch

ers

hav

e tr

ied

to

est

ablis

h h

ow b

est

to e

nco

ura

ge

peo

ple

to

live

in m

ore

su

stai

nab

le w

ays.

So

cial

psy

cho

log

y ba

sed

res

earc

h, d

raw

n

fro

m w

ork

on

Hea

lth

Beh

avio

r C

han

ge,

aim

ed t

o e

stab

lish

th

e co

nn

ecti

on

b

etw

een

Info

rmat

ion

/Aw

aren

ess,

Att

itu

des

/Val

ues

an

d B

ehav

iors

/Bu

ilt

Env

iro

nm

ents

. Th

eori

es o

f C

han

ge

fro

m t

his

wo

rk in

clu

ded

heu

rist

ics

such

as:

st

ages

of

chan

ge,

sel

f-ef

fica

cy, s

mal

l ste

ps le

ad t

o b

ig s

teps

, sp

ill-o

ver

effe

ct. T

his

w

ork

is n

ow w

idel

y cr

itic

ized

fo

r ov

er-e

mp

has

izin

g r

atio

nal

ity

and

un

der

-em

ph

asiz

ing

str

uct

ura

l co

nst

rain

ts.

Dis

cuss

ion: c

once

rnin

g exp

erie

nces

of ‘

fost

erin

g sus

tain

able

beh

avio

r’ in

itiat

ives

at

scho

ols,

uni

vers

ities

or b

y lo

cal g

over

nmen

ts/u

tiliti

es.

• Sc

ott e

t al:

Des

igni

ng C

hang

e by

Livi

ng C

hang

e 27

9-29

5

•Har

grea

ves/

Long

hurs

t/Se

yfan

g: U

nder

stan

ding

Su

stai

nabi

lity

Inno

vatio

ns 3

-20

•Str

enge

rs: C

once

ptua

lisin

g Eve

ryda

y Pr

actic

es 3

-18

Cam

ero

n

27

9M

Sp

rin

g B

reak

: Do

cto

ral W

ork

sho

ps

(Tra

nsi

tio

n S

ym

po

siu

m M

arch

7)

11W

Sp

rin

g B

reak

: Do

cto

ral W

ork

sho

ps

(Tra

nsi

tio

n S

ym

po

siu

m M

arch

7)

16M

Theo

ries

of

Chan

ge:

Soci

al P

ract

ice

Theo

ry T

ran

siti

on

Des

ign

ers

hav

e a

dee

p

un

der

stan

din

g o

f th

e d

ynam

ics

of c

han

ge

wit

hin

co

mp

lex

soci

al s

yste

ms.

So

cial

P

ract

ice

Th

eory

loo

ks a

t co

nst

ella

tio

ns

of d

evic

es, s

kills

an

d m

ean

ing

s th

at f

orm

sl

ow-m

ovin

g h

abit

s an

d h

abit

ats.

Pra

ctic

e T

heo

ry in

form

ed d

esig

n in

volv

es

imm

ersi

ve e

thn

og

rap

hie

s of

eve

ryd

ay li

fe t

o id

enti

fy in

nov

atio

n o

pp

ort

un

itie

s in

ex

isti

ng

pra

ctic

es in

ord

er t

o d

esig

n m

ult

iple

inte

rven

tio

ns

that

can

hel

p t

hem

co

ales

ce in

to n

ew c

onv

enti

on

s.

Dis

cuss

ion: d

iscu

ssio

n of

Pra

ctic

e The

ory

as th

e bas

is fo

r und

erst

andi

ng h

ow

chan

ge o

ccur

s or c

an b

e ini

tiate

d w

ithin

soci

al sy

stem

s.

• Hop

kins

: The

Tra

nsiti

on C

once

pt 2

10-

212

•McA

rthu

r Fou

ndat

ion:

The

Cir

cula

r Eco

nom

y 12

8-13

1

•Shi

rkey

: Ext

ract

s fro

m H

ere C

omes

Eve

rybo

dy 2

67-

273

•Jon

es: R

ealit

y Ch

eck

123-

127

•Tap

scot

t & W

illia

ms:

Wik

inom

ics

291-

297

•Ben

kler

: Pee

r Pro

duct

ion

& S

hari

ng 2

88-

290

Cam

ero

n

18W

Theo

ries

of

Chan

ge:

Alt

ernat

ive

Eco

nom

ies

Th

e tr

ansi

tio

n t

o a

co

smo

po

litan

loca

list

soci

ety

will

req

uir

e th

e d

evel

op

men

t of

a n

ew k

ind

of

equ

itab

le a

nd

in

teg

rate

d e

con

om

ic s

yste

m in

wh

ich

mo

st n

eed

s ca

n b

e sa

tisf

ied

loca

lly, w

hile

so

me

rem

ain

rel

ian

t o

n g

loba

l net

wo

rks.

Man

y g

rass

roo

ts g

rou

ps h

ave

advo

cate

d

org

aniz

ing

eco

no

mie

s al

on

g t

hes

e lin

es e

.g. t

he

Tran

siti

on

Tow

n M

ovem

ent,

th

e

New

Eco

no

mic

s Fo

un

dat

ion

, ad

voca

tes

of t

he

Cir

cula

r E

con

om

y, v

ario

us

shar

ing

an

d P

2P

net

wo

rks

and

'alt

ern

ativ

e ec

on

om

ics'

th

eori

sts.

In r

ecen

t ye

ars

new

n

etw

ork

ing

tec

hn

olo

gie

s an

d f

lexi

ble

man

ufa

ctu

rin

g s

yste

ms

hav

e m

ade

'co

smo

po

litan

loca

list'

eco

no

mie

s a

mu

ch s

tro

ng

er p

oss

ibili

ty a

nd

Tra

nsi

tio

n

Des

ign

can

pla

y an

imp

ort

ant

role

in h

elp

ing

to

fac

ilita

te t

hei

r em

erg

ence

.

Dis

cuss

ion: o

f the

vari

ous a

spec

ts o

f cos

mop

olita

n lo

calis

m a

nd a

ltern

ativ

e eco

n-om

ies a

nd th

e way

s in

whi

ch th

ey ca

n in

form

des

ign

and

desi

gn ca

n ca

taly

ze th

em.

•Dre

ngso

n: S

hifti

ng P

arad

igm

s: F

rom

Tec

hnoc

rat t

o Pl

anet

ary

Pers

on 1

0-17

• M

athe

ws:

Pos

t Mat

eria

lism

27-

41

Cam

ero

nG

ide

on

23

MM

indse

t &

Pos

ture

: The

Mec

han

isti

c W

orl

dvie

w  F

ritj

of C

apra

’s f

ilm M

ind

Wal

k in

tro

du

ces

the

sect

ion

on

min

dse

t an

d p

ost

ure

. Th

e fi

lm o

utl

ines

th

e ch

arac

teri

stic

s of

th

e m

ech

anis

tic

wo

rld

view

an

d it

s im

plic

atio

n in

man

y of

th

e p

rob

lem

s co

nfro

nti

ng

us

tod

ay.

•Rit

zer:

McD

onal

diza

tion

of S

ocie

ty 1

72-

178

•Fle

min

g: F

orm

Fol

low

s Wor

ldvi

ew 3

-7

•Ehr

enfe

ld: T

he R

oots

of U

nsus

tain

abili

ty 1

5-26

•Mum

ford

: Ent

er L

evia

than

on

Whe

els

160-

161

•Sco

tt: C

oncl

usio

n: S

eein

g Lik

e a S

tate

167

-17

1

•Shi

va: P

eace

with

Div

ersi

ty 1

86-

189

Terr

y

28

25

WM

indse

t &

Pos

ture

: D

esig

n &

the

Mec

han

isti

c W

orl

dvie

w  S

ince

th

e sc

ien

tifi

c re

volu

tio

n o

f th

e 17

th c

entu

ry t

he

do

min

ant,

wes

tern

wo

rld

view

or

‘way

of

know

ing

’ has

bee

n c

har

acte

rize

d b

y a

mec

han

isti

c/re

du

ctio

nis

t ap

pro

ach

to

u

nd

erst

and

ing

, wh

ich

en

tails

a b

elie

f in

pre

dic

tab

ility

an

d c

on

tro

l, va

lues

qu

anti

ty

over

qu

alit

y an

d v

iew

s n

atu

re o

nly

as

a re

sou

rce

for

hu

man

co

nsu

mp

tio

n. T

his

w

orl

dvi

ew in

flu

ence

s ev

ery

asp

ect

ou

r so

ciet

y, e

con

om

y an

d c

ult

ure

an

d v

alu

es

and

lies

beh

ind

man

y of

th

e w

icke

d p

rob

lem

s th

at w

e fa

ce t

od

ay. T

ran

siti

on

D

esig

ner

s sh

ou

ld u

nd

erst

and

how

des

ign

has

bee

n a

dve

rsel

y af

fect

ed b

y th

e m

ech

anis

tic

wo

rld

view

, an

d h

ow it

imp

licat

es d

esig

n in

all

of t

he

abov

e p

rob

lem

s.

Lec

ture

: br

ief l

ectu

re o

n th

e cha

ract

eris

tics o

f the

mec

hani

stic

wor

ldvi

ew a

nd

soci

olog

ist G

eorg

e Ritz

er’s

conc

ept o

f ‘Th

e McD

onal

diza

tion

of S

ocie

ty’.

Dis

cuss

ion: o

f how

this

min

dset

has

affe

cted

des

ign.

• Cap

ra: D

eep

Ecol

ogy—

A N

ew P

arad

igm

89-

94

•Goe

rner

: Afte

r the

Clo

ckw

ork

Uni

vers

e + M

atri

x 11

1-11

8

•Orr

: The

Des

ign

of C

ultu

re a

nd th

e Cul

ture

of D

esig

n 3-

32

•Mor

in &

Ker

n: R

efor

m in

Thi

nkin

g 10

-15

•Goe

rner

: Con

tras

t in

Scie

ntifi

c & C

ultu

ral V

isio

ns

444-

451

Terr

yG

ide

on

Cam

ero

n

30

MM

indse

t &

Pos

ture

: Eco

logic

al/H

olist

ic W

orl

dvie

w A

new

eco

log

ical

/ho

listi

c

wo

rld

view

has

beg

un

to

info

rm t

he

theo

ry a

nd

pra

ctic

e of

man

y fi

eld

s an

d

dis

cip

lines

. Th

is n

ew p

arad

igm

em

ph

asiz

es r

elat

ion

ship

, par

tici

pati

on

an

d s

elf-

org

aniz

atio

n, a

nd

cal

ls f

or

a m

ind

set/

po

stu

re o

f o

pen

nes

s, s

pec

ula

tio

n,

min

dfu

lnes

s an

d a

will

ing

nes

s to

co

llab

ora

te. T

og

eth

er, t

hes

e re

pre

sen

t a

new

 

skill

an

d v

alu

e se

t—a

new

way

of

'bei

ng

' in

th

e w

orl

d—

that

th

e tr

ansi

tio

n d

esig

ner

w

ill n

eed

to

em

bra

ce.

Dis

cuss

ion:

of th

e cha

ract

eris

tics o

f the

new

wor

ldvi

ew a

nd it

s im

plic

atio

ns fo

r de

sign

pro

cess

and

solu

tions

.

•Iss

acs:

Dia

logu

e and

the A

rt o

f Thi

nkin

g Tog

ethe

r 2-

11

•Mad

son:

Impr

ov W

isdo

m 1

03-

113

•Jen

kins

& Je

nkin

s: T

he 9

Dis

cipl

ines

of a

Fac

ilita

tor

194-

209

Terr

y

Apri

l1

WM

indse

t &

Pos

ture

: W

ork

ing W

ith/I

n S

yst

ems

Wit

hin

an

eco

log

ical

par

adig

m,

des

ign

ers

fin

d t

hem

selv

es a

s pa

rt o

f an

eco

syst

em. I

n t

his

co

nte

xt t

hey

can

no

t im

po

se t

hei

r w

ill o

n t

he

syst

em. L

earn

ing

to

wo

rk w

ith

th

e sy

stem

’s in

her

ent

inte

llig

ence

is k

ey t

o c

reat

ing

any

su

stai

nab

le s

hif

t. T

hro

ug

h t

he

use

of

imp

rovi

sati

on

exe

rcis

es a

nd

dis

cuss

ion

s, t

his

cla

ss w

ill f

ocu

s o

n f

ou

r ke

y sk

ills

a

tran

siti

on

des

ign

er n

eed

s to

cu

ltiv

ate.

Th

ey a

re (

a) b

ein

g p

rese

nt

(b)

bei

ng

op

en

and

acc

epti

ng

(c)

wo

rkin

g w

ith

em

erg

ence

an

d (

d)

refl

ecti

ng

an

d le

arn

ing

. Wea

r co

mfo

rtab

le c

loth

es/f

lat

sho

es.

• Irw

in: T

he D

ynam

ical

Vie

w o

f For

m 1

-9

•Wad

ding

ton:

The

Cha

ract

er o

f Bio

logi

cal F

orm

106

-11

1

•Lan

e: T

imel

ess B

eaut

y 15

-20

, 11

9-13

6

• Hof

fman

n: A

Que

stio

n of

Met

hod

125-

135

Han

nah

d

u P

less

is

Mar

c R

etti

g

29

6M

Min

dse

t &

Pos

ture

: U

nder

stan

din

g ‘W

hole

nes

s’ T

ran

siti

on

Des

ign

ers

nee

d t

o

lear

n t

o t

hin

k, s

ee, d

esig

n a

nd

so

lve

pro

ble

ms

ho

listi

cally

(ri

gh

t-fi

t/co

nte

xtu

ally

).

To d

o t

his

, th

ey m

ust

be

able

un

der

stan

d t

he

rela

tio

nsh

ips

bet

wee

n p

arts

an

d t

he

wh

ole

s to

wh

ich

th

ese

bel

on

g, a

nd

th

e d

ynam

ics

of s

uch

wh

ole

s. G

oet

he’

s p

hen

om

eno

log

ical

ap

pro

ach

to

un

der

stan

din

g t

he

‘wh

ole

nes

s’ o

f n

atu

ral

org

anis

ms

is a

key

met

ho

do

log

y in

th

is p

roce

ss, a

nd

giv

es im

po

rtan

t in

sig

hts

into

the

mea

nin

g o

f 'b

eau

ty' a

nd

'fo

rm'.

Dis

cuss

ion:

of th

e im

port

ance

of s

eein

g/un

ders

tand

ing t

he re

latio

nshi

p be

twee

n pa

rts a

nd w

hole

s in

orde

r to

fram

e des

ign

prob

lem

s mor

e app

ropr

iate

ly a

nd

resp

onsi

bly.

•Bro

wn:

Des

ign

from

Edo

Japa

n 19

-42

, 6

8-81

•Pap

anek

: Bes

t Des

igne

rs in

the W

orld

223

-23

4

•Sco

tt: M

etis

41-

48

•Ale

xand

er: T

he U

nsel

fcon

scio

us a

nd T

he S

elfc

onsc

ious

Pr

oces

s 46

-70

Terr

yG

ide

on

8W

New

Way

s of

Des

ignin

g: In

dig

enous

Des

ign I

nd

igen

ou

s cu

ltu

res

lived

an

d

des

ign

ed s

ust

ain

ably

in p

lace

fo

r g

ener

atio

ns.

Th

eir

des

ign

s ty

pic

ally

inte

gra

ted

fu

nct

ion

alit

y an

d b

eau

ty a

nd

wer

e g

rou

nd

ed in

wh

at J

ames

C. S

cott

des

crib

es a

s m

etis

, a “

wid

e ar

ray

of p

ract

ical

ski

lls a

nd

acq

uir

ed in

telli

gen

ce n

eces

sary

in a

co

nst

antl

y ch

ang

ing

env

iro

nm

ent

and

sit

uat

ion

s”. T

ran

siti

on

Des

ign

ers

will

nee

d

to r

edis

cove

r w

hat

it m

ean

s to

des

ign

in p

lace

, an

d d

evel

op

a n

ew f

orm

of

‘met

is’  

thro

ug

h d

eep

enin

g t

hei

r kn

owle

dg

e an

d c

on

nec

tio

n t

o t

hei

r lo

cal e

nvir

on

men

t w

ith

a r

egio

nal

an

d g

loba

l exc

han

ge

of t

ech

no

log

y an

d k

now

led

ge.

Dis

cuss

ion:

of h

ow in

dige

nous

des

ign

appr

oach

es (a

nd w

orld

view

) can

info

rm

tran

sitio

n de

sign

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: The

Ori

gins

of E

colo

gica

l Des

ign

186-

197

•She

drof

f: W

hat A

re th

e App

roac

hes t

o Su

stai

nabi

lity?

45

-10

1

•Ber

ry: S

olvi

ng fo

r Pat

tern

31-

40

•Fua

d-Lu

ke: C

o-D

esig

n 19

-47

•Des

ign

Coun

cil:

Des

ign

& S

usta

inab

ility

3-

18

•Man

zini

: Sus

tain

able

Eve

ryda

y 13

-19

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terH

ouse

: Soc

ial I

nnov

atio

n M

atri

x ht

tp:/

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ignp

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com

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in: T

rans

ition

Des

ign

Cont

inuu

m d

iagr

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pg

Terr

y

13M

New

Way

s of

Des

ignin

g: S

urv

ey I

n t

he

last

few

dec

ades

man

y su

stai

nab

le

des

ign

met

ho

do

log

ies/

pro

cess

es h

ave

emer

ged

(eg

. bio

mim

icry

, per

mac

ult

ure

, cr

adle

to

cra

dle

, LE

ED

, lif

ecyc

le a

nal

ysis

etc

.). T

ran

siti

on

Des

ign

ers

acce

ss/u

se

rele

van

t as

pec

ts o

f th

ese

app

roac

hes

to

dev

elo

p t

ran

siti

on

so

luti

on

s at

mu

ltip

le

leve

ls o

f sc

ale

wit

hin

sh

ort

, mid

-ter

m a

nd

lon

g h

ori

zon

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tim

e. F

rom

th

is

incl

usi

ve p

ersp

ecti

ve, m

any

des

ign

pro

cess

es c

an c

on

trib

ute

to

a T

ran

siti

on

D

esig

n s

olu

tio

n, p

arti

cula

rly

serv

ice

des

ign

an

d d

esig

n f

or

soci

al in

nov

atio

n.

Lec

ture

: m

atri

x of

des

ign

appr

oach

es a

nd th

eir e

ffect

iven

ess b

ased

upo

n D

onel

la

Mea

dow

s lev

erag

e poi

nts.

Dis

cuss

ion:

of va

riou

s des

ign

appr

oach

es, t

he

Win

terh

ouse

soci

al d

esig

n m

atri

x an

d th

e Tra

nsiti

on D

esig

n co

ntin

uum

dia

gram

.

Ass

ignm

ent

2: W

orki

ng in

divi

dual

ly, d

evel

op a

list

of

skill

set

s fo

r the

Tra

nsit

ion

Des

igne

r. B

e pr

epar

ed fo

r a

brai

nsto

rm/c

lust

erin

g ex

erci

se in

the

next

cla

ss.

Upl

oad

your

list

to th

e bl

og a

fter

war

d.

•Man

zini

: Int

ro: S

usta

inab

le E

very

day

13-

19

•Lom

mee

: TED

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k on

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n St

ruct

ures

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s://

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