#conditionaldesign

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https://workbook.conditionaldesign.org/

Conditional Design Workbook Conditional Design team; essays by Andrew Blauvelt and Koert van Mensvoort Design: Julia Born

• Infectious do-book for designers, children, groups, artists... • Describes a method to Do-It-Yourself

http://conditionaldesign.org/manifesto/

I was introduced to the conditional design manifesto a year or two ago, but we were asked to read it again and see if our response changed and if we could draw any new relevance to it. Here's what I thought:

Part 1

At this point in my development as a designer, the concepts in the Manifesto hold much more weight than they first did when Jason introduced us to them. I think there’s something really refreshing in the idea that conditional design is not applied to only one field or skill set. It seems like a great exercise in creative expression and in finding inspiration out of your comfort zone. What seems so enticing is that there are rules and logic that point to a specific solution, but you allow the process take over and create something unexpected. That element of unpredictability and natural progression is fascinating.

“We want to embrace the complexity of this landscape, deliver insight into it, and show both its beauty and its shortcomings.” This is my favorite line in the Manifesto. In a world I always try to find the perfect solution, I like the idea of embracing imperfections and seeing what can happen when you no longer have control.

Part 2

http://conditionaldesign.org/workshops/dynamic-manifestos/

I found the Dynamic Manifesto example to be one of the most intriguing projects. In it, four designers sat at a table with paper and a computer monitor display of four random instructions (the medium, what element to add, how to treat it, and what relations to draw). Between quick three-minute rounds and strict limitations, I didn’t expect there to be so much unpredictability in the game.