Power of design : a force for transforming everything

Farson, Richard

Power of design : a force for transforming everything - Greenway Communications 2008 - xii,215,vip.

Contents
Preface I
Introduction vii
Part I: The Case for Metadesign
1 The Democratization of Design 3
2 Metadesigners at Work 11
3 In Search ofWisdom 17
4 Is Design a Profession or a Business? 21
5 Is Design as Important as Education? 29
6 The Power of Form 33
Part ii: Looking at the Big Picture
7 The Metadesign Challenge for America 43
8 Metadesign and Criminal Justice 49
9 Metadesign and Healthcare 59
10 Metadesign and Education 67
Part iii: Design for Human Liberation
11 How Design Can Imprison or Free Us 79
12 Design for the Liberation of Children and Youth 85
Part iv: Shooting Ourselves in the Foot
13 The Evils of Protectionism 103
I4 The Dangers of Commoditization 109
15 The Downside of Honors and Awards 117
16 More Wrong Turns: Licensing, Accreditation, and Mandatory Education 123
Part V: Leadership and Management
17 Designers as Leaders 131
18 The Changing Game of Leadership 137
19 Leadership Is Not About Skills 143
20 Designers as Managers 147
21 Systems Thinking as Metadesign 151
22 The Hidden Dynamics of Design 155
23 Beware of Experts 159
24 Designers as Social Psychologists 163
25 Managing Innovation and its Partner, Failure 175
26 Conflict Resolution or Conflict Management? 179
Part VI: The Radical Redesign of Design
27 The Importance of Failure 187
28 No Pure Skills 191
29 Achieving Breakthroughs 195
Part VII: Design in the Public Interest
30 Moving Mountains 203
31 Getting Serious About the future 211
Acknowledgement 215



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