This document discusses redesigning the field of design by taking a meta perspective. It explores how stepping outside of a system allows one to better understand it. The author discusses applying concepts from fields like cybernetics, philosophy and science to gain new insights into design. One tool proposed for achieving a meta view is first principles thinking. An example of redesigning user personas is provided, with the idea of dynamic personas that change over time and account for how a person and product evolve together. The conclusion acknowledges that the author is still learning and hopes this work can help generate better algorithmic models and intelligent systems.

1. Meta Design
Re-designing Design

2. Order 1 : The chaos of going Meta
Or when Design had an existential crisis

3. from

4. to

5. and everything in between

6. realisation ?

7. realisation ?
Design is broken

8. realisation ?
Design is broken

9. realisation ?
Design is broken
but where exactly ?

10. realisation ?
Design is broken
but where exactly ?

11. when Design had an existential crisis
so did I

12. so began endless questions and doubts

13. and so began endless curiosities

14. .. like really endless

15. Order 2 : A Meta Designer can understand Design better
Or jumping out of the pond

16. Humanities
Science
Philosophy
METADESIGN

17. Humanities
Science
Philosophy
META DESIGN

18. Humanities
Science
Philosophy
METACYBERNETICS

19. cyber what??

20. cyber what?? and cyber why??

21. http://www.attainable-utopias.org/tiki/CyberneticOrders
https://www.spiritalchemy.com/654/cybernetics-of-problems-and-solutions-an-exercise-in-thinking-complexly/

22. http://www.attainable-utopias.org/tiki/CyberneticOrders
https://www.spiritalchemy.com/654/cybernetics-of-problems-and-solutions-an-exercise-in-thinking-complexly/
btw, you don’t have to read all this… just saying

23. https://www.google.co.in/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.semanticscholar.org%2Fpaper%2FSecond%25E2%2580%2590order-cybernetics%253A-an-historical-Scott%2F74c9b3b10709df30288b4dc5f14a6dd11ed58633%2F
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24. Order 1 : The chaos of going Meta
Or when Design had an existential crisis
remember this ? ;)

25. Order 1 : The chaos of going Meta
Or when Design had an existential crisis
Or jumping out of the pond
Order 2 : A Meta Designer can understand Design better
btw, we are still here
remember this ? ;)

26. and we have been applying cybernetics all along

27. INTERMISSION

28. recap

29. recap
• we can’t truly understand a system without stepping out of it.

30. recap
• we can’t truly understand a system without stepping out of it.
• we have been trying to understand design by being a designer.

31. recap
• we can’t truly understand a system without stepping out of it.
• we have been trying to understand design by being a designer.
• till we didn’t.

32. one more thing

33. what we are missing still is a tool to go meta
one more thing

34. what we are missing still is a tool to go meta
there are many possible tools,
for now we’ll just focus on one
one more thing

35. what we are missing still is a tool to go meta
there are many possible tools,
for now we’ll just focus on one
one more thing
First Principles Thinking

36. First Principles Thinking
We
fi
rst met when I had to prove Pythagorus Theorm in 10th
standard
fi
nals to grab 4 more marks in the math exam.

37. First Principles Thinking
And since then we have been friends :)
We
fi
rst met when I had to prove Pythagorus Theorm in 10th
standard
fi
nals to grab 4 more marks in the math exam.

38. First Principles Thinking
oh and this guy made it famous
recently
And since then we have been friends :)
We
fi
rst met when I had to prove Pythagorus Theorm in 10th
standard
fi
nals to grab 4 more marks in the math exam.

39. Chapter 3 : The grinding of first principles
Or pearl diving

40. we will fast forward this part, don’t blink

56. so what did we get ?
hopefully a great Design 101
better understanding of the nature of stakeholders and tools
fi
nally a glimpse on some of many aspects that need rethinking
just a brain freeze ?

57. Chapter 4 : Revisiting Design
Or spoils of the treasure hunt
Or redesigning design - attempt 1

58. lets take one example
User Personas
We model them to understand “the user” better.
“User” in this case being a “Human”

59. User Personas
does this do justice ?
Is this the best
possible representation ?

60. lets take a step back
Human beings don’t exist as a snapshot of existence. Nor does
any product which they come in contact with.
We have a tendency to learn, evolve and even deteriorate.
The product will play a role in that either by design or by exclusion.

61. example
A music learning tool banks on a person evolving over time with
the tool’s aid itself.
As much as it can help them learn it can also kill the drive by
being monotonous for one of many possibilities.
Lets try to make sense of it.

62. Case : Learning Music

69. Design for this

70. against this

71. and against this

72. Lets call these Dynamic Personas
we were able to de
fi
ne better design intentions
we understood positive and negative forces that will help
us create meaningful and impactful design
we created an artefact which will help generate better algorithmic
models for inception of an intelligent system

73. Chapter 5 : Untitled
Or I am still learning and this is
all I have for now

74. FIN.
Oh and go take that Tim Brown’s pledge