The RSD2 proceedings were originally published by The Oslo School of Architecture and Design with ISBN 978-82-547-0263-5. They were first made available on systemic-design.org and moved to this website in 2020, where they became part of a searchable repository of systemic design. The proceedings are now associated with ISSN 2371-8404. For archival purposes, the original publication can be accessed via the Wayback Machine.
CITATION
Jones, P.H., & Sevaldson, B. (Eds). (2014). Proceedings of Relating Systems Thinking and Design, RSD2. https://rsdsymposium.org/proceedings-of-rsd2/
Note: Citation details are available for individual articles at the bottom of each page.
RSD2 Keynotes & Talks
Introduction to the Proceedings of RSD2—Foundations: The systemic design movement
Birger Sevaldson and Peter Jones
Do we have a systems thinking renaissance?
Birger Sevaldson
Design Research for Human-Centred Healthcare
Peter Jones
Designing Large Systems: Five stories, five lessons
Fred Collopy
System Design for Sustainable Energy Systems in Emerging and Low-iIncome Contexts
Carlos Vezzoli
Unblocking the Design Mind: Looking for AND rather than EITHER-OR
Harold Nelson
RSD2 Panels & Plenaries
RSD2 did not include panels or plenary sessions.
RSD2 Papers (Peer-Reviewed)
A Theory of Systemic Design
Alex J. Ryan
Analysis of Contexts and Conceptual Variables for a Sustainable Approach into Systemic Model
Author: Julio Cesar Rivera, José Rafael González and Bernabé Hernandis
Attempting to Fly: Deployment of system-oriented design methodology conducted by the Norwegian Design Council
Benedicte Wildhagen, Knut Bang, and Adrian Paulsen
Design Flaws and Service System Breakdowns: Learning from systems thinking
David Ing
DesignerLearner, Acting on the Uncertainty
Authors: Toni Kauppila
Designing Entanglement: Holistic approach to a new pattern of complexity in digital service design
Author: Eunki Chung
Designing Systems for Praxis and Critical Engagement in Design Education: The speculative design method and the revelation of theory
Author: Gabriel Schaffzin and Zachary Kaiser
From Product to Service Design: A thinking paradigm shift
Authors: Liliana Rodriguez and Carlos Peralta
Innovation Methods Mapping
Author: GK VanPatter
Integrating Storytelling into Systems Thinking to Address Conflict
Authors: Maggie Ollove and Diala Lteif
Interliminal Design: Mitigating cognitive bias-induced design distortion
Author: Deaunne Denmark, Donald Harker, and Andrew McCollough
On the Role of Systems Thinking in Design and its Application to Public Self-Services
John Darzentas and Jenny Darzentas
Plan D—Finding Design Solutions
Dinesh Korjan
Radical Design Processes for Systemic Change
Sigrun Lurås and Kjetil Nordby
System Design Perspective of Healthcare Provision in Humanitarian Aid
Ana Laura Rodrigues Santos, and Linda S.G.L.Wauben
Systemic Design Interventions: Using systems thinking and design thinking to intervene in systems
Author: Karianne Rygh, Marc de Droog and Danielle Arets
Systemic Design: Two Canadian case studies
Alex Ryan and Mark Leung
Teaching Systemic Design in the Context of Organizational Communication
Authors: Gordon Rowland
Teaching Systems Thinking and Design at National Institute of Design, India
Praveen Nahar
Teaching Systems: Getting future IT entrepreneurs to see the full picture
Authors: Andrea Resmini and Bertil Carlsson
The Civil Servant Systemic Designer: An emerging context for systemic design practice
Author: Jonathan Veale
The Importance of Systemic Thinking for Mapping and Development in DesignI
Authors: Seila Cibele, Sitta Preto Cibele, and Ana Luisa Biavista Lustosa Cavalcantei
The Product Service Ecology: Using a systems approach in design
Jodi Forlizzi
The Self-Organizing Project: A systemic view of the design and project processes
Author: Michel de Blois
The Strengths/Limits of Systems Thinking Denote the Strengths/Limits of Practice-Based Design Research
Wolfgang Jonas
Transforming Health Care Systems through Design
Author: Jonathan Veale
Understanding Cultural Differences
Author: Linda Blaasvær
RSD2 Workshops
Teaching Systems Thinking to Designers
Birger Sevaldson
The Experience of Becoming a Member of a Systemic Design Team
Harold Nelson and Robert Sandusky
Dancing with Complexity
Adrian Paulsen and Jonathan Romm
Doctoral Symposium Workshop
Alex Ryan
Language Patterns of Systemic Design: Designing with dialogue
Peter Jones
Systems Thinking + Design Thinking: Integrating two approaches to solve an organizational challenge
Peter Coughlan and Colleen Ponto
RSD2 Interactives
RSD2 did not include maps & exhibits.
RSD2 Maps & Exhibits
RSD2 did not include maps & exhibits.
Copyright Information
The Oslo School of Architecture and Design published the Proceedings of Relating Systems Thinking and Design, RSD2.
This volume predates the formation of the Systemic Design Association.
Since 2018, Proceedings of Relating Systems Thinking and Design (ISSN 2371-8404) have been published annually by the Systemic Design Association, a non-profit scholarly association leading the research and practice of design for complex systems: 3803 Tønsberg, Norway (922 275 696).
Attribution
All articles are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share, copy, distribute, and adapt the work, provided proper credit is given to the authors and the original source. Authors retain full copyright of their work.
Review Process
Proceedings of Relating Systems Thinking and Design, RSD2 is published online and includes abstracts for presented papers and information on keynote sessions. Abstracts were entered into a single-blind peer-review process, meaning reviewers could see the authors’ names but not vice versa. Reviewers considered the quality of the proposed contribution and whether it addressed topics of interest or raised relevant issues in systemic design. The review process provided feedback and possible suggestions for modifications.
RSD maintains a rigorous peer-review process to uphold scholarly integrity and ensure quality. To guarantee long-term preservation, all content is archived via the repository, RSDsymposium.org.
Referencing Example (APA)
Author(s). (2014). Article title. Proceedings of Relating Systems Thinking and Design, RSD2. Article ##. rsdsymposium.org/LINK
Citation data can be found at the bottom of each article.
Open Access Policy
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