Is designing against complexity even possible?
Channel: Design & Critical Thinking
Date: 2022-07-13

Eduardo Hernandez wrote an article about “Designing against complexity – The first line of defense to solve a complex problem is to avoid complexity all together” to which I replied with skepticism. Then he replied. Then I made this video.

TL;DR
Stating that design should work “against complexity” or “resist it” is a misinformed statement. It confuses different typologies of complexity and assumes design necessarily opperates in knowable situations. Instead, I would argue, designers need to learn how to navigate complexity: namely, that different heuristics and tools are required in different contexts.

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