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High degrees of specialisation may be rendering us unable to see the connections between the
things we design and their consequences as they ripple out into the biosphere. (Terry Irwin)

It is easier to say what creativity isn’t. A bit like the sculptor who when asked how he had sculpted a
very fine elephant, explained that he’d taken a big block of marble and then knocked away all the
bits that didn’t look like an elephant. Now there’s the negative thing: Creativity is not a talent, it is a
way of operating. (John Cleese)

Art is I; Science is we. (Claude Bernard)

brainstorming

 ant, systematic, machinery,processes with no human input (creativity), to make an action

reflexive, automatization, unable to make connections, interdisciplinary, analogies,
problem solving vs. critical thinking, holistic approach, intake?
 positive and negative

Specialization (or specialisation) is the separation of tasks within a system. In a multicellular

creature, cells are specialized for functions such as bone construction or oxygen transport. In
capitalist societies, individual workers specialize for functions such as building construction or
gasoline transport.
BIOLOGY
the adaptation of an organ or part to serve a special function or to suit a particular way of life.

a theory that the universe and especially living nature is correctly seen in terms of interacting
wholes (as of living organisms) that are more than the mere sum of elementary particles

parallel with medincine/ a problem solver (diagnostician) — who sends to a specialist / dot-
connector / holistic medicine (alternative medicine)
J. P. Guilford[38] drew a distinction between convergent and divergent production (commonly
renamed convergent and divergent thinking). Convergent thinking involves aiming for a single,
correct solution to a problem, whereas divergent thinking involves creative generation of multiple
answers to a set problem. Divergent thinking is sometimes used as a synonym for creativity in
psychology literature. Other researchers have occasionally used the terms flexible thinking or fluid
intelligence, which are roughly similar to (but not synonymous with) creativity

subject
individual and part of a system / identity / individual / community
how do we expierience our environemts / navigate environments

intro spec design

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 Speculative design is also one of the most representative examples of the new interaction
of disciplines. It is therefore interesting to see how new designers view their practice:
they call themselves trans-disciplinary, post-disciplinary or even post-designers, quite
often even simply – designers. However, occasionally they do not even indicate that their
perspective is design at all
 At the first glance, one might think that this implies nothing but opening another niche
for a new type of specialisation, worse still, binding the design practice and discourse to
an even deeper, more hermetical and exclusive design meta-language; however, for the
time being it seems that this is luckily not the case. Since it is not oriented only to mass
production of real physical products but rather to an opportunity to re-think conditions
in which such products might become part of our everyday lives and the resulting
consequences/implications, speculative design often uses narrative techniques found in
video, film, television or the mass media in general. Namely, speculative design
prototypes (or prototypes that emerged as the result of speculative approach) are
extremely interdependent with the imagined context for which they have been initially
designed, and therefore, to become understandable, they require their story to be told in
a clear and intelligible manner that is closest to our everyday experience.
Specialization and design -Terry Irwin
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