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Arational Design
Thomas Wendt
Surrounding Signifiers
@thomas_wendt
thomas@srsg.co
srsg.co
Thomas Wendt Surrounding Signifiers @thomas_wendt
Thomas Wendt
pronouns: they or he
Design Facilitator
Strategist and Researcher
Design Critic
Author
Based in NYC
Research Interests: HCD,
sustainability, design
philosophy, co-operative and
participatory design, design
ethics and the politics of design
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Designers rely too heavily on rationalist
thinking
Rationality is unsustainable
Arationality is a form of self-care
Premises
Thomas Wendt Surrounding Signifiers @thomas_wendt
Designers rely too
heavily on rationalist
thinking
Thomas Wendt Surrounding Signifiers @thomas_wendt
"I shall consider that the heavens, the
earth, colours, figures, sound, and all
other external things are nought but
the illusions and dreams of which
this [evil] genius has availed himself in
order to lay traps for my credulity; I
shall consider myself as having no
hands, no eyes, no flesh, no blood, nor
any senses.”
René Descartes
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%2F2014%2F09%2F03%2Fsocrates-meets-descartes-a-fun-little-primer-on-cartesian-philosophy%2F&bvm=bv.
134052249,d.cWw&psig=AFQjCNF9Ic1tSiUPRSBsiue350xpMUOsNQ&ust=1475158305383552
Think > Act
Thomas Wendt Surrounding Signifiers @thomas_wendt
Thomas Wendt Surrounding Signifiers @thomas_wendt
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%3Ds2CEifdUSp4&psig=AFQjCNEvMKdF1SaqpYUXIOoKcGAkmawrlA&ust=1473193905567332
Design Methods
Thomas Wendt Surrounding Signifiers @thomas_wendt
Rationality is
unsustainable
Thomas Wendt Surrounding Signifiers @thomas_wendt
1. Plan the thing
2. Make the thing
3. Convince people they need the
thing
4. ???
5. Profit
How Industry Works
Thomas Wendt Surrounding Signifiers @thomas_wendt
"The knowledge acquired in craft work is
systemized logically; the observable effects of this
work become the object of explanation attempts. A
new type of interaction with nature arises, supported
first by architects and finally by engineers. They
interact with nature by calculating it. The architect
plans on the drawing board with the aid of
assumptions on statics and material properties. The
engineer recombines nature and calculates the
energetic effects that result from it for people. By
expanding this activity, society enters a new state
of nature."
Klaus Eder
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%2F2013%2F10%2F07%2Fhenry-fords-moving-automotive-assembly-line-turns-100%2F&bvm=bv.134052249,d.cWw&psig=AFQjCNFl29ExXTu0bt6CfCMDKfegou10nA&ust=1475158396070781
“Mastery of nature is achieved through clever
calculation, what the authors will call
‘instrumental rationality,’ an extension of the
logic of sacrifice. This ‘rational’ domination of
nature, again understood as the control of fate or
mythic forces, preserves the self of instrumental
rationality. Domination of external nature is
accomplished by way of the internal domination
of the self – that is, through sacrificial self-denial”
Martin Bruce
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vallianatos%2Fthe-meanspirited-and-empty_b_3386187.html&bvm=bv.134052249,d.cWw&psig=AFQjCNHIgzWiLlm_us1O_yxGQ3tJDpWL-A&ust=1475158571171732
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“Civilization is not and can never be
sustainable. This is especially true for
industrial civilization.”
Derrick Jensen
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Arationality is a form of
self-care
Thomas Wendt Surrounding Signifiers @thomas_wendt
Reductionism
Thomas Wendt Surrounding Signifiers @thomas_wendt
We cannot think about solutions until we
understand problems
AND
We cannot understand a problem until
we think about solutions
Problem-solution paradox
Thomas Wendt Surrounding Signifiers @thomas_wendt
Arational Design
Praxis-based design methods and
principles that embrace and shape the
designer’s individuality by resisting
instrumentalism, scientific notions of
progress, and innovation fetishism.
Thomas Wendt Surrounding Signifiers @thomas_wendt
Thinking = Making
Experiential Understanding
Divergence and Convergence
Design Thinking
Thomas Wendt Surrounding Signifiers @thomas_wendt
Reduce hierarchy
Involve “non-designers”
Collective decision making
Confront socio-cultural complexity
Participatory Design
Thomas Wendt Surrounding Signifiers @thomas_wendt
Embrace paradoxes
Create points of view
Fit futures into existing systems
Frame Innovation
Thomas Wendt Surrounding Signifiers @thomas_wendt
Design for discourse
Surface political implications of design
Provocations over deliverables
Critical Design
Thomas Wendt Surrounding Signifiers @thomas_wendt
Thomas Wendt Surrounding Signifiers @thomas_wendt
“Neu Bildung has to learn to
speak the unspeakable—it
cannot tolerate the good
manners of terminal humanism
as it stands on the edge of the
abyss. Rather than serving the
‘human’ it has to help shatter it
and thereafter remake our
‘being here’ within a politics of
absolute care.”
Tony Fry
https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&ved=0ahUKEwjY8JXZ7u7OAhULpR4KHY_LAvgQjRwIBw&url=http%3A%2F
%2Fwww.sd.polyu.edu.hk%2Fen%2Fevent%2Finternational-speaker-series-tony-fry-lecture-workshop&bvm=bv.
131669213,d.dmo&psig=AFQjCNEqafTzdx24wCXx0YFhR5nWq0WVyw&ust=1472843183166135
Thomas Wendt Surrounding Signifiers @thomas_wendt
Thomas Wendt
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thomas@srsg.co
@thomas_wendt
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Arational Design

  • 1. Arational Design Thomas Wendt Surrounding Signifiers @thomas_wendt thomas@srsg.co srsg.co
  • 2. Thomas Wendt Surrounding Signifiers @thomas_wendt Thomas Wendt pronouns: they or he Design Facilitator Strategist and Researcher Design Critic Author Based in NYC Research Interests: HCD, sustainability, design philosophy, co-operative and participatory design, design ethics and the politics of design
  • 3. Text Section Title Thomas Wendt Surrounding Signifiers @thomas_wendthttps://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=imgres&cd=&ved=0ahUKEwjCvcKcg4rPAhXKNT4KHZ-XAjgQjRwIBw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.studyblue.com%2Fnotes%2Fnote %2Fn%2Flecture-11%2Fdeck%2F2874205&psig=AFQjCNEwxR51p_nGxQYiyia1Bs14LCZ-hg&ust=1473776442722326
  • 4. Designers rely too heavily on rationalist thinking Rationality is unsustainable Arationality is a form of self-care Premises Thomas Wendt Surrounding Signifiers @thomas_wendt
  • 5. Designers rely too heavily on rationalist thinking Thomas Wendt Surrounding Signifiers @thomas_wendt
  • 6. "I shall consider that the heavens, the earth, colours, figures, sound, and all other external things are nought but the illusions and dreams of which this [evil] genius has availed himself in order to lay traps for my credulity; I shall consider myself as having no hands, no eyes, no flesh, no blood, nor any senses.” René Descartes https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&ved=0ahUKEwi1he2Jn7LPAhUDbD4KHW8uBLUQjRwIBw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fchristianthought.hbu.edu %2F2014%2F09%2F03%2Fsocrates-meets-descartes-a-fun-little-primer-on-cartesian-philosophy%2F&bvm=bv. 134052249,d.cWw&psig=AFQjCNF9Ic1tSiUPRSBsiue350xpMUOsNQ&ust=1475158305383552
  • 7. Think > Act Thomas Wendt Surrounding Signifiers @thomas_wendt
  • 8. Thomas Wendt Surrounding Signifiers @thomas_wendt https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&ved=0ahUKEwjY842ki4PPAhVLLSYKHVXFA8QQjRwIBw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpfollansbee.wordpress.com%2Ftag %2Fbasket-weaving%2F&psig=AFQjCNHU6O8QBjap_DarrcK2utbXe7CpHQ&ust=1473538085224805
  • 9. Thomas Wendt Surrounding Signifiers @thomas_wendt https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&ved=0ahUKEwiky7GjifnOAhVCrB4KHfqoCS0QjRwIBw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv %3Ds2CEifdUSp4&psig=AFQjCNEvMKdF1SaqpYUXIOoKcGAkmawrlA&ust=1473193905567332
  • 10. Design Methods Thomas Wendt Surrounding Signifiers @thomas_wendt
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  • 12. Rationality is unsustainable Thomas Wendt Surrounding Signifiers @thomas_wendt
  • 13. 1. Plan the thing 2. Make the thing 3. Convince people they need the thing 4. ??? 5. Profit How Industry Works Thomas Wendt Surrounding Signifiers @thomas_wendt
  • 14. "The knowledge acquired in craft work is systemized logically; the observable effects of this work become the object of explanation attempts. A new type of interaction with nature arises, supported first by architects and finally by engineers. They interact with nature by calculating it. The architect plans on the drawing board with the aid of assumptions on statics and material properties. The engineer recombines nature and calculates the energetic effects that result from it for people. By expanding this activity, society enters a new state of nature." Klaus Eder https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&ved=0ahUKEwiX6cbfn7LPAhXDdT4KHXBIAr0QjRwIBw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.hemmings.com%2Findex.php %2F2013%2F10%2F07%2Fhenry-fords-moving-automotive-assembly-line-turns-100%2F&bvm=bv.134052249,d.cWw&psig=AFQjCNFl29ExXTu0bt6CfCMDKfegou10nA&ust=1475158396070781
  • 15. “Mastery of nature is achieved through clever calculation, what the authors will call ‘instrumental rationality,’ an extension of the logic of sacrifice. This ‘rational’ domination of nature, again understood as the control of fate or mythic forces, preserves the self of instrumental rationality. Domination of external nature is accomplished by way of the internal domination of the self – that is, through sacrificial self-denial” Martin Bruce https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&ved=0ahUKEwiF6q2NoLLPAhVJNj4KHZlqCLwQjRwIBw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fevaggelos- vallianatos%2Fthe-meanspirited-and-empty_b_3386187.html&bvm=bv.134052249,d.cWw&psig=AFQjCNHIgzWiLlm_us1O_yxGQ3tJDpWL-A&ust=1475158571171732
  • 16. Thomas Wendt Surrounding Signifiers @thomas_wendt https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&ved=0ahUKEwimq7bDhYrPAhWBHJQKHQ3VBokQjRwIBw&url=http%3A%2F%2Frichkidsofinstagram.tumblr.com%2Fpost %2F140456906890%2Fby-quentinesmebrown&psig=AFQjCNGSmK6xVnwFH5_M2KaK7ehR6A5MAQ&ust=1473777053695060
  • 17. “Civilization is not and can never be sustainable. This is especially true for industrial civilization.” Derrick Jensen https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&ved=0ahUKEwidzb3WoLLPAhXHVj4KHTq2B7MQjRwIBw&url=http%3A%2F %2Fwww.mavericksynfuels.com%2Ffeedstock%2Fsolid-waste%2F&bvm=bv. 134052249,d.cWw&psig=AFQjCNEZWLKhl0k3TOB0jXagmeqTbuRLfA&ust=1475158668894624
  • 18. Arationality is a form of self-care Thomas Wendt Surrounding Signifiers @thomas_wendt
  • 19. Reductionism Thomas Wendt Surrounding Signifiers @thomas_wendt
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  • 21. We cannot think about solutions until we understand problems AND We cannot understand a problem until we think about solutions Problem-solution paradox
  • 22. Thomas Wendt Surrounding Signifiers @thomas_wendt
  • 23. Arational Design Praxis-based design methods and principles that embrace and shape the designer’s individuality by resisting instrumentalism, scientific notions of progress, and innovation fetishism. Thomas Wendt Surrounding Signifiers @thomas_wendt
  • 24. Thinking = Making Experiential Understanding Divergence and Convergence Design Thinking Thomas Wendt Surrounding Signifiers @thomas_wendt
  • 25. Reduce hierarchy Involve “non-designers” Collective decision making Confront socio-cultural complexity Participatory Design Thomas Wendt Surrounding Signifiers @thomas_wendt
  • 26. Embrace paradoxes Create points of view Fit futures into existing systems Frame Innovation Thomas Wendt Surrounding Signifiers @thomas_wendt
  • 27. Design for discourse Surface political implications of design Provocations over deliverables Critical Design Thomas Wendt Surrounding Signifiers @thomas_wendt
  • 28. Thomas Wendt Surrounding Signifiers @thomas_wendt
  • 29. “Neu Bildung has to learn to speak the unspeakable—it cannot tolerate the good manners of terminal humanism as it stands on the edge of the abyss. Rather than serving the ‘human’ it has to help shatter it and thereafter remake our ‘being here’ within a politics of absolute care.” Tony Fry https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&ved=0ahUKEwjY8JXZ7u7OAhULpR4KHY_LAvgQjRwIBw&url=http%3A%2F %2Fwww.sd.polyu.edu.hk%2Fen%2Fevent%2Finternational-speaker-series-tony-fry-lecture-workshop&bvm=bv. 131669213,d.dmo&psig=AFQjCNEqafTzdx24wCXx0YFhR5nWq0WVyw&ust=1472843183166135
  • 30. Thomas Wendt Surrounding Signifiers @thomas_wendt
  • 31. Thomas Wendt srsg.co thomas@srsg.co @thomas_wendt Full paper: bit.ly/arationaldesign Slides: bit.ly/slidesRSD5 First book: designfordasein.com Forthcoming book: bit.ly/persistentfools