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Visualizing Systems: Applying Good Practices from the SystemViz Project

Format: Interactives, RSD8, RSD8 Workshops, Topic: Methods & Methodology

Peter Stoyko

SystemViz is a research project exploring how visuals can enhance systems thinking, especially as it relates to interdisciplinary, collaborative design. Findings are expressed as visual codexes and other applied tools. Phase One of the project is an exploration of the visual notation techniques used to express systems across disciplines. Phase Two is an exploration of the theoretical literature of various disciplines—in the natural science, social sciences, design disciplines, and managerial disciplines—to distil the basic elements and dynamics. These elements and dynamics are then abstracted into generic types and displayed with an illustrative icon. This is called Visual Vocabulary. released under a Creative Commons Free Culture license for all to use and modify. See SystemViz.com.

See also: Peter Stoyko’s contributions to RSD.

Citation (APA 7)
Stoyko, P. (2019). Visualizing systems: applying good practices from the systemviz project. Proceedings of Relating Systems Thinking and Design. https://rsdsymposium.org/tangible-thinking/

2019-RSD8

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Citation Data

Author(s): Peter Stoyko
Year:
Title: Visualizing Systems: Applying Good Practices from the SystemViz Project
Published in: Proceedings of Relating Systems Thinking and Design
Volume:
Article No.:
Post URL: https://rsdsymposium.org/tangible-thinkingtangible-thinking
Host: IIT Institute of Design
Location: Chicago, USA
Symposium Dates: October 23–28, 2019
First published: 6 October 2019
Updated: 1 January 2025
Publisher Identification: ISSN 2371-8404
2019-RSD8

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Proceedings of Relating Systems Thinking and Design (ISSN 2371-8404) are 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).

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Author(s). (20##). Article title. Proceedings of Relating Systems Thinking and Design, RSD##. Article ##. rsdsymposium.org/LINK

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