... the project within the highly transdisciplinary research landscape of the period, which is argued to be significantly due to the constructivist epistemology widely adopted across disciplines. Design/methodology/approach The paper mainly benefits from methods of architectural history, specifically archival...

...Fragkoulis Papagiannis; Patrizia Gazzola; David Slavata; Daniele Grechi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present an innovative approach for the strategic design of public–private partnerships (PPP) and private finance initiatives (PFI) based on ontology. Design/methodology/approach...

... from first- to second-order cybernetics. The paper highlights changing cybernetic narratives of creative invention by examining how spontaneous changes in variety were reported to have been addressed in NASA’s lunar programme, and how recent cybernetic design theory suggests they should...

... will be of specific value for practitioners and theoreticians of design. Considering second-order cybernetics as a practice generally dealing with designing, it also contributes to the wider second-order cybernetics discourse. Design Ethics Architecture Second-order cybernetics Conversation theory...

...Markus Schwaninger Purpose This study aims to explore an exemplar of the design and application of a systemic framework for higher education. The field of application is in the social sciences and the perspective long-term, covering three generations of faculty and many generations of students...

... in environmental design, whereby greater understanding and deeper knowledge can be attained. Let me learn the lessons you have hidden in every leaf and rock. Help me seek pure thoughts and act with the intention of helping others. Help me find compassion without empathy overwhelming me. I...

...Ben Sweeting The paper is built on parallels between design and cybernetics, integrating elements of ethical discourse in each field. The way that cybernetics and design can each act as their own meta-disciplines, in the design of design and the cybernetics of cybernetics, is used...

... stakeholders that collectively co-create the individual value-in-use and beneficial outcomes for each customer. Information systems Creativity Adaptation Design Behaviour Feedback For color mixture, the center of gravity law for the color mixture can be applied to predict the color...

... and system implementation of mobile ERP until recently. The purpose of this paper is to propose a mobile ERP framework for the sales function in an ERP system. The authors also design a mobile type sales application based on an android-based mobile device. In addition, the authors provide sale practitioners...

...Philip Baron, Professor Ranulph Glanville, Professor David Griffiths and Dr Ben Sweeting; Michael Hohl Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to learn from successful educational frameworks how to inform a possible framework for design education that includes ecological literacy, systems thinking...

...Philip Baron, Professor Ranulph Glanville, Professor David Griffiths and Dr Ben Sweeting; Ben Sweeting Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore ways in which cybernetics leads to distinctiveways of acting. Design/methodology/approach – Paralleling von Foerster’s argument...

... argues that these new media artworks employ a cybernetic narrative via modes of “circularity,” “feedback,” and “perception.” Design/methodology/approach – This paper offers a theoretical approach to new media art and cybernetics in order to analyze three select works. Since the works mentioned have...

... as typically found in science-based disciplines, and a second, exploration and speculation-focussed approach typically found in design-related contexts. These two approaches to CA are linked to first-order cybernetics and second-order cybernetics, respectively. Design/methodology/approach – The author...

...Philip Baron, Professor Ranulph Glanville, Professor David Griffiths and Dr Ben Sweeting; Mateus van Stralen Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate possibilities for a more intersubjective digital design process that amplifies the potential for novelty to arise. Design...

...Daniel J. Adriaenssen; Jon-Arild Johannessen Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to make a small contribution to reflections on general methodology, not specific methods, in social science. Design/methodology/approach – Systemic methodology. Findings – First, schematic typology...

...Ching-Ho Yen; Heng Ma; Chi-Huang Yeh; Chia-Hao Chang Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop an economic model, which could determine the acceptance sampling plan that minimizes the quality cost for batch manufacturing. Design/methodology/approach – The authors propose a variable...

... in the other. Design/methodology/approach – Working with real users throughout all stages of the design process, the authors structured two courses so findings from the evaluation methods learnt in the one course (their analyses) were directly acted on in the other (their re-designs). The authors...

...Ranulph Glanville; David Griffiths; Philip Baron; Ted Krueger Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a novel classification of errors. Design/methodology/approach – A review of the classification of errors in several disciplines is undertaken. Findings – The role of errors...

...Prof Ranulph Glanville and Prof David Griffiths; Jose dos Santos Cabral Filho Purpose – The paper aims to present a framework for discussing ethics and computational design. Design/methodology/approach – The main propositions of computational design are presented, discussed according...

...Ranulph Glanville; Ben Sweeting; Thomas Fischer Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a cybernetic way of seeing analog and digital along with a basic vocabulary for discussing assumptions underlying the use of both terms. Design/methodology/approach Taking analog...