Gregory Vigneaux Meeting the Moment.pptx

Delivered at the 2024 Colorado Wildfire Conference.

1. Time | Velocity | Information| Design Thinking  | With Gregory Vigneaux, M.S. GregoryVig.com

2. Time Consciousness & Meeting the Moment What is a moment? Which moments drive design? The shortest duration of time that can be experienced? The shortest amount of time measured( 247 zeptoseconds) ? A short duration of time where a process begins and concludes? The shortest duration of time from which value can be extracted? ┐ ​ Operations of Distinction Time Consciousness by Edmund Husserl Replica by Athena Mele GregoryVig.com (Varela, 1999)

3. Introduction to Distinctions (Transient State) “A universe comes into being when a space is severed or taken apart” (Spencer-Brown, 1994, p. xxix). "One of the most fundamental of all human activities is the making of distinctions" (Mingers, 1995, p.79). "There can be no distinction without motive, and there can be no motive unless contents are seen to differ in value” ( Spencer-Brown, 1994, p.1). Involves our senses and internal narrative "The entity that is distinguished emerges together with some background in which the distinction makes sense, it brings forth the domain in which it exists" (Maturana & Poerksen , 2011, p.32). GregoryVig.com

4. ┐ ┐ Introduction to Distinctions ┐ ┐ ┐ ┐ ┐ ┐ ┐ ┐ Distinctions we thought we would make ┐ ┐ ┐ ┐ Distinctions we thought we could not make ( Yáñez &Maturana, 2013) Distinction Flow Identified as important in situ GregoryVig.com Mundane, functional, unremarkable distinctions Motivation: How can this distinction drive the design process? How will this distinction create value? Why is the marked state meaningful and important? Use different codes to categorize the distinction and its value (e.g., important, exceptional, significant, unexpected, need, interface, interest, gap in knowledge, interesting). Distinctions can be made with more or less detail, from coarse to granular.

5. Considering Velocity ┐ ┐ ┐ ┐ ┐ ┐ Ensnared in the subjectivity of the emerging moment. ┐ Distinctions we might make or solidify later. Temporal and velocity distancing allows the moment to settle and observers to define noise, relationships, patterns, and areas of stability. Objectivity. “We human beings find ourselves already operating…making distinctions in the flow of our living”(Maturana, 2005, p.57). GregoryVig.com

6. Design The Problem ┐ The Future ┐ The Thing ┐ ▼ (If no, then,) Divergent thinking about the future (s) Should look like/could look like/avoid 1. 2. 3. Creation Designing artifacts to materialize future(s) Divergent/Convergent High/low detail models If possible, periodic testing With or without a  distinguished problem A fire adapted future where fire, humans, and homes coexist. What are the other futures? Divergent outcomes to convergent future(s) GregoryVig.com The Problem : What about the present is a problem? The Future: How should the future be different? The Thing: What should be designed to bring the desired future (s) into being?

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