Phd Candidate in Design
This insight is from the second systems thinking class. Once we begin thinking of systems and their relationships, we also begin to realize the boundaries of the human-made deliberations, or judgments. Harold makes a witty word play with the G.O.D in the previous class. Designer faces two challenges in his systemic thinking, first one is [...]
I attended Harold Nelson’s systems thinking and design action class today. Nelson talked about the basics of systems design and how systemics is all about relationships, interrelationships, and emergence. Emergence can be explained by the wisdom that whole is bigger than its sum. In design, we name emergence and emergent qualities as the composition and [...]
I came across Reinventing Ritual at the library, and just delighted by the title, borrowed it without hesitation. Reinventing ritual is originated from the exhibitions on contemporary Jewish life, which was held at Jewish museum in New York. I always find the subtle sensitivities of Jewish life sympathetic, mostly because also coming from an Abrahamic tradition. [...]
Tingfang shared the below dance performance video from a dance company called Cloudgate from Taiwan. I fell in love with this 30 seconds trailer. Calligraphy embodied in dance does not sound original, but it really is, we relate Western typography with certain emotions and feelings, but this relating is usually a verbal or visual one, this [...]
My framework or/and topic reminds one of my friends an NPR radio show talking about puppies, which are part of a multi-purpose transition program called Puppies Behind Bars. There are two phases of the program. First part is the education of these smart dogs either for service dogs for veterans or as bomb-sniffing dogs. For [...]