Tools to Engage with Indeterministic Systems That Extend Beyond Our Reach
Channel: sdtompolyu
Date: 30/10/2015

This is an invited lecture I delivered at the DesignX conference on October 10th 2015 at the College of Design and Innovation of Tongji University in Shanghai. The video was recorded by the Tongji University of College of Design and Innovation, and is published with kind permission of Prof. Lou Yongqi.

A description of designing as conversation can be found in this paper: https://www.academia.edu/1075461/Besides_Designing_to_Interact_Interacting_to_Design

The generative typography project shown between 8:37 and 8:53 is discussed in detail in this paper:
https://www.academia.edu/8406167/Circular_Causality_and_Indeterminism_in_Machines_for_Design

The generative jewelry project shown between 8:37 and 8:53 is discussed in detail in this paper:
https://www.academia.edu/13607549/Showcasing_the_New_Choosing_A_Parametric_Jewellery_Design_and_Fabrication_Exhibit

The relationship between the Enigma cipher machine and the Non-Trivial Machine is discussed in this paper:
https://www.academia.edu/5753303/Enigmatic_Mechanisms_in_Defense_of_the_Capability_to_Have_New_Ideas

The digital photo re-entry experiment mentioned at around 10:45 is discussed in detail in this paper:
https://www.academia.edu/9227657/Effects_of_Variety_Reduction_and_Amplification_in_Circular_Feedback_Systems

Mary Lou Maher's work on design as co-evolution is discussed in this paper: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-8667.1996.tb00323.x/abstract

The airline chair shown between 15:45 and 16:08 was designed by my student Po Ki Cat Leung and it is discussed here:
http://www.icsid.org/education/student_galleria/category150/gallery2094.htm

Details on the two ‘case studies’ discussed towards the end of this presentation can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SaFTm2bcac
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/30/apple-removing-drone-strikes-app