{"product_id":"designing-the-x-isbn-9780998117089","title":"Designing the X","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe power of design for transformational change and innovation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs we transition from the Information Age into the Imagination Age, where creative intelligence and human-only traits are vital to navigating supercomplex and rapidly changing environments, design has become an essential partner to science and technology, driving transformational change and innovation: integrative, inventive, and profoundly human.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the pace of global change accelerates—ecologically, socially, and technologically—our traditional ways of understanding and responding to change fall short. We now live in an era of supercomplexity, where challenges like technological disruption, climate instability, resource depletion, and systemic inequality converge and defy conventional solutions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDesigning the X\u003c\/i\u003e meets this moment with a bold and timely proposition: when data, science, and analysis alone are insufficient to move us forward, we must turn to design as a powerful mode of reasoning through synthesis, where intuition meets insight and imagination drives action. Design enables us to move with complexity, not against it, and to shape futures beyond the limits of the present. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrounded in praxis and research—including more than 60 interviews with designers, technologists and scientists, innovators and entrepreneurs, urbanists, and educators—\u003ci\u003eDesigning the X\u003c\/i\u003e makes a compelling case for design as an essential partner to science and technology. The “X” stands for what’s missing in today’s analytic methods: the leap from parts to greater wholes, from current conditions to future potential.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is for anyone seeking agency in an age of accelerating change. It’s a compass for those ready to imagine—and design—the future we cannot yet see.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSee book webpage: designingthex.comI. Confronting The X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Call to Action\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDesigning the X: A Framework\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Role of Design in Complex Problem Solving\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDesigning the X: A Framework (overview of the framework)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eKey Conversation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eHashim Sarkis, Professor, and Dean, MIT School of Architecture and Planning\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003eII. Align: Essential Intent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDefine Intentions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlign Objectives\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdentify Desired Impact\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eMITdesignX in Practice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBiobot: biobot.io\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBandhu: bandhu.work\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eKey Conversations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn Ochsendorf, Professor and Founding Director, MIT Academy for Design\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeter Coughlan, Founding Partner, IDEO\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eUNICEF\u003cbr\u003eExample of Historical Design Deployment\u003cbr\u003eIII. Engage: Strategies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdentify Opportunities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e(Re)Frame\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVisualize\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eMITdesignX in Practice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuipu: about.quipumarket.com\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoofscapes: roofscapes.studio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExample of Historical Design Deployment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eKey Conversations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDava Newman, Director of the MIT Media Lab and Apollo Program Professor of Astronautics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNicholas de Monchaux, designer, author, Professor and Head of Architecture at MIT\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWorld Health Organization \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eIV. Flow: Process\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIterative Action\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElastic Response\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMultiscalar Focus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eMITdesignX in Practice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTULU: tulu.io\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrolic: frolic.community\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eKey Conversations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaria Yang, Associate Dean MIT School of Engineering and Associate Director MIT Design Academy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKengo Kuma, Architect and Founder of Kengo Kuma and Associates\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArctic Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExample of Historical Design Deployment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eV. CHOREOGRAPH: Sensemaking\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTake Risks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFollow Intuition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApply Soft Skills\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThink Ethically\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eMITdesignX in Practice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRe-fuse: refuse.eco\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVisible Hands: visiblehands.vc\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eKey Conversations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMolly Steenson, Vice Provost for Faculty, Associate Professor in the School of Design, Carnegie Mellon University\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarcelo Coelho, computation artist and Head of Design at Formlabs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eNASA\u003cbr\u003eExample of Historical Design Deployment\u003cbr\u003eVI. TAKE ACTION: Make Change\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreating Value\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenerating Meaning\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaking an Impact\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eAPPENDIX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTimeline of Evolving Definitions of Design\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCatalog of Design Tools+Methods\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\"What makes this book so timely—and timeless—is that it speaks to the designer in all of us—not only the one who sits in front of a screen sketching icons or products, but anyone who wakes up each morning and tries to make something better. A conversation. A company. A society. A culture. A future. It reminds us of something essential: that every choice we make is a design decision, and that the future is not written. It is designed.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Mauro Porcini, President \u0026amp; Chief Design Officer│Samsung\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book is a ‘must-read’ for those of us looking to discover new ways of designing in this AI-enhanced design era.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Diane Hoskins, Global Co-Chair at Gensler\u003c\/b\u003eDennis Frenchman is Professor, Post-Tenure, at MIT. He has taught and practiced extensively in Asia, Europe, and South America, and served as external advisor on urban livability to the president of the World Bank. A registered architect, he is also founding principal of ICON architecture in Boston, an international architecture and urban design firm.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSvafa Grönfeldt is a professor of the practice in the MIT School of Architecture and Planning. She is a founding member and faculty director of MITdesignX, a program focused on design innovation and entrepreneurship, and a member of the board of directors of three publicly listed companies on Nasdaq OMX and the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSigurdur Thorsteinsson is Partner and Chief Design Officer at Design Group Italia. He leads strategic design projects across industries for clients like 3M, ABB, Unilever and Unicef and is a recipient of multiple awards including the Compasso d’Oro, numerous Red Dots and iFs. His work is continually featured in publications, such as \u003ci\u003eDezeen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWallpaper\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine.","brand":"SA+P Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305015857381,"sku":"NP9780998117089","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780998117089.jpg?v=1767725025","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/designing-the-x-isbn-9780998117089","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}