Abstract
Addressing economic challenges through designers’ glasses is a practice that is gathering traction. We postulate to radically rethink our economies and start looking at them as a transforming practice to reshape our future. With this essay we propose to approach economics and economies as a design theory and practice, not to replace economics, but to offer an action-oriented design approach to economies and economics. Design thinking found its way into the business world well over 15 years ago. By treating economies as a transforming practice, we are making the next step, offering design as an action-oriented co-development approach to address societal challenges in a systemic way, based on complexity, responsibility and situatedness. In this chapter, we share how we, as design researchers, see how economies could be approached as transforming practices.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Thrive: |
Subtitle of host publication | fundamentals for a new economy |
Editors | Kees Klomp, Shinta Oosterwaal |
Place of Publication | Amsterdam |
Publisher | Business Contact |
Pages | 96-121 |
ISBN (Print) | 9789047014751 |
Publication status | Published - 2021 |
Keywords
- Transforming Practice
- economy
- alternative futures
- design
- paradigm shift
- transformation
- complexity
- situatedness
- aesthetics
- co-response-ability
- co-development