[ « Re-penser global » le processus de conception en Design ]
Volume 20, Issue 4, July 2017, Pages 1226–1232
Donia M. Bettaieb1
1 Department of Interior Design and Furniture, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Original language: French
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The design process is the main central concern in design research. It has been considered as a solving problem, as discussed recently by many researchers. Nevertheless, this process could be approached by the theory of complexity. Knowing this latter have different understandings and implications, we can consider the designing as a complex system. However, this approach leads us to think about the different levels of complexity linked to the design product production. In this context, we are often targeting the designer rather than the product itself; or being focused on one aspect to the detriment of another (creativity, problem solving …); or somewhat developing a different process (the process of problem evolution or solution evolution or their coevolution). Regarding process design, it appears too much coherent if we think that it is so complex and almost impossible to pin point and treat everything as unit. Nonetheless, when we go deeply through Edgar Morin writings and his approach of "Complex Thinking" or even "Global Thinking", we are conducted necessary to perceive the design process differently, from global re-thinking point of view. To re-think of it as a complexus. The impact of such an initial approach will be discussed. So, the trends in design research will be reviewed in a first section, We will develop, in a second one, a thinking particular mode of the design process with reference to Edgar Morin's approach.
Author Keywords: Design, Conceptual, Approach, Complexity, Global.
Volume 20, Issue 4, July 2017, Pages 1226–1232
Donia M. Bettaieb1
1 Department of Interior Design and Furniture, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Original language: French
Copyright © 2017 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The design process is the main central concern in design research. It has been considered as a solving problem, as discussed recently by many researchers. Nevertheless, this process could be approached by the theory of complexity. Knowing this latter have different understandings and implications, we can consider the designing as a complex system. However, this approach leads us to think about the different levels of complexity linked to the design product production. In this context, we are often targeting the designer rather than the product itself; or being focused on one aspect to the detriment of another (creativity, problem solving …); or somewhat developing a different process (the process of problem evolution or solution evolution or their coevolution). Regarding process design, it appears too much coherent if we think that it is so complex and almost impossible to pin point and treat everything as unit. Nonetheless, when we go deeply through Edgar Morin writings and his approach of "Complex Thinking" or even "Global Thinking", we are conducted necessary to perceive the design process differently, from global re-thinking point of view. To re-think of it as a complexus. The impact of such an initial approach will be discussed. So, the trends in design research will be reviewed in a first section, We will develop, in a second one, a thinking particular mode of the design process with reference to Edgar Morin's approach.
Author Keywords: Design, Conceptual, Approach, Complexity, Global.
Abstract: (french)
Le processus de conception, tel qu’il a été abordé par de nombreux chercheurs, a fait que l’on parle aujourd’hui d’une tendance générale dans les recherches de conception, qui consiste à l’adopter selon une approche de résolution de problème. Néanmoins, aborder ce processus à partir de la théorie de complexité voire, d’un système complexe, incite assez souvent à penser les différents niveaux de complexité liés à la production du produit design. L’on se retrouve le plus souvent en train de focaliser sur un pôle plutôt que sur un autre (à savoir le designer ou le produit) ; ou encore d’approfondir un aspect au détriment d’un autre (l’aspect de créativité, ou l’aspect de résolution de problèmes) ; ou plutôt de s’étaler sur un autre processus s’y rapportant beaucoup plus que sur un autre (le processus d’évolution de problème ou de solution ou de leur coévolution). Et ceci apparait assez cohérent si l’on se dit que c’est tellement complexe et que c’est quasiment impossible de tout dire et tout traiter à la fois. Cependant, une lecture approfondie des écrits d’Edgar Morin et de son approche de la «Pensée Complexe » voire de « Penser global », conduit à re- voir le processus de conception autrement: le re- penser global. Le repenser en tant que tel, selon son organisation du tout tissé. A ce titre, l’on traitera des retombées d’une telle approche de départ sur le processus de conception en design. Et ce, en revoyant de près, dans une première section, les tendances dans les recherches de conception. Suite à quoi, l’on développera un mode particulier de Penser le processus de conception à partir d’une optique complexe en référence à l’approche d’Edgar Morin, dans une deuxième section.
Author Keywords: Design, Conceptuel, Approche, Complexité, Global.
How to Cite this Article
Donia M. Bettaieb, “« Re-thinking global » Design Process,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 1226–1232, July 2017.
