Systems Design

Final Project — Due: Part 1, 4/17; Part 2, 4/24; Part 3, 5/01; Part 4, 5/01 Product-Service Ecology — Wellness

Final Project — Due: Part 1, 4/17; Part 2, 4/24; Part 3, 5/01; Part 4, 5/01 Product-Service Ecology — Wellness

Final Project — Due: Part 1, 4/17; Part 2, 4/24; Part 3, 5/01; Part 4, 5/01 Product-Service Ecology — Wellness

Assignment 11 — Due: Tuesday, April 10 User Conceptual Models: Home Thermostat

Assignment 10 — Due: Tuesday, April 3 Automatic Control Systems: Modeling Feedback

Assignment 9 — Due: Tuesday, March 27 Dynamic Systems: Modeling Stocks and Flows

Assignment 8 — Due: Tuesday, March 13 Information Structures: Interactive Models

Assignment 7 — Due: Tuesday, March 6 Information Structures

Assignment 6 — Due: Tuesday, February 27 Grid Systems + CMS: Website

Assignment 5 — Due: Tuesday, February 20 Grid Systems + CMS: Book

Assignment 4 — Due: Tuesday, February 13 Application Data Model

Assignment 3 — Due: Tuesday, February 6 Communications Systems 

Assignment 2 — Due: Tuesday, January 30 Counting Systems

CCA, MDes IxD, Systems, 2018, Spring Assignment 1 — Due: Tuesday, January 23 Visual Systems

Reading: Morozov, Evgeny (2014), “The Planning Machine: Project Cybersyn… Big Data…” https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/10/13/planning-machine Create sketch notes or a concept map of the key ideas and models. Exercise: Identify a system that includes automatic feedback. - The system should automatically close the feedback loop (without human input). - Do not use a thermostat as your example. Create a realistic illustration of the system and its operation, e.g, a photo. - Identify the specific components of the system (the mechanism) and their functions (e.g., lever, height indicator). - Label the components in cybernetic terms (e.g., significant variable, goal, sensor, comparator, actuator, disturbances).