What is the practice of systems-oriented design? / Special topics
One-Minute Summaries and Questions
Design Systems and Systems Design — what’s the difference? Jul 22nd 11:59pm PDT
Applying Systems Thinking in Product Design) Jul 22nd 11:59pm PDT
Weekly Quiz
Week 11 Review Quiz due Jul 24th Jul 24th 11:59pm PDT
Required Readings
Design Systems and Systems Design — what’s the difference? (5 minute read)
Applying Systems Thinking in Product Design (9 minute read)
BlackBoard Collaborate Session Slides
Systems Thinking — Mini-lectures and Activities | PDF
Special Topics
Design of Interactive Help Systems (Dr. Parmit Chilana)
Week 11 Review and Discussion | PDF
Supplemental Readings
Social Design
Considering the role and impact of design on society.
- Before the Backlash, Let’s Redefine User-Centered Design
- Purpose of design is creation of a good society - What Design Can Do
- Shifting from user-centric to society-centric
- UX For Social Good
- Why User-Centered Design is Not Enough
Systems Design
System design is the process of designing the components of a system, and how they interact with and affect each other.
- Creating an Empathetic System Design
- Design Systems and Systems Design — what’s the difference?
- Digital Design is Never Really Done: A Systems-Oriented Design Approach
- How to design systems, not screens
- Systems Design: Because everything* is systems
- Systems Thinking in Seven (7) Images
- Tools for Systems Thinkers: The 6 Fundamental Concepts of Systems Thinking
