A Case for Reimagining Reflection-in-Action and Co-evolution
- Publisher:
- IASDR
- Publication Type:
- Conference Proceeding
- Citation:
- IASDR 2015 INTERPLAY Proceedings, 2015, pp. 1115 - 1128
- Issue Date:
- 2015-11-02
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This paper discusses core aspects of “Reflection-in-Action” found in the work of Schon and others suggesting that fundamentally an individual designer draws upon their previous pattern of experience and knowledge responding to complexity in a spontaneous tacit way. It is argued this has some limitations. Moreover, it is argued the nature of the limitations may be owed to the fact designers may limit the field of issues and indeed the dynamic interplay of the relationships both among and within issues and indeed contexts. Afterward, the paper draws upon the ideas of co-evolution found within Maher and Poon (1996) and Dorst & Cross (2001) suggesting the way the co-evolution model is often interpreted may also be somewhat limiting, as designers appear to “Muddle Through” a design problem co-evolving the problem and solution. Given these limitations, a reimagining of these models is presented. This paper supports the case that forestalling solution development in order to focus on developing a well-considered and comprehensively mapped Problem space first holds immense value for the creative design thinking process.
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