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Design System Evolution
The application of systemic and evolutionary approaches to design
theory, design practice, design research and design education.
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Design and design research are for the main part still adhering
to the conviction that scientific research efforts will necessarily
increase planning capacity and predictive power with respect to
the success of design solutions. The leading paradigm seems to
be based upon the assumption that the design field will more and
more become a subject of causal models, that the formerly white
map will become increasingly colourful and complete, and that the
swampy regions of uncertainty and unpredictability will be
subsequently replaced by solid and well-grounded knowledge.

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Historical experience and empirical evidence, however, permit us to
be sceptical about this modernistic assumption.
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This conference aimed to provide a forum for the presentation and
discussion of new approaches and ideas, and maybe to initiate a
framework for the development of a new domain of design research.
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Further information can be obtained from the conference website: -
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http://ead.verhaag.net/conference/