Design Journeys Through Complex Systems
Book review by Svein Gunnar Kjode – When asked about the book by colleagues and fellow practitioners, I repeatedly find myself stating that “this is currently the state of the art for anyone seeking to expand their designerly approach to systemic practice.”
Rebalancing a Community
How to design processes for building civic agency and democracy by deep diving into Hemsedal’s current political and governance processes and policies regarding empowering citizens’ agency and participation in shaping the way Hemsedal develops?
Two different approaches
Two outstanding master’s theses from the outer edges of SOD. They are diametrically different and excellent in each way. The first one, Lieke van Raan, is technical, diving into a large number of details needed to achieve what is the intention: Changing the...
StimuLab – Driving systemic design into Norway’s public sector
StimuLab was initiated by the Norwegian government in 2016 and is a collaboration between Design and Architecture Norway (DOGA) and the Norwegian Digitalization Agency. It has adopted an experimental approach in its development and has continuously evolved in line with needs and ongoing evaluations.
Book: Designing Complexity
The Methodology and Practice of Systems Oriented Design – Birger Sevaldson’s book for designers in the widest sense, including any individual or organisation that is involved in change processes.
Natureact Project
Natureact will develop transition plans for three landscapes in Norway to mitigate and adapt to climate risk using nature-based solutions.
RSD11 Brighton
NORWAY DELEGATION 2022 RSD11 was in Brighton this year from 12th to 16th October. It was a wonderful experience and we thank the organisers headed by Ben Sweeting from Brighton University. We were a large delegation from Norway with our executive master’s students and...
SOD Executive master (AHO)
This experience-based master’s degree is part of AHO’s further education programme and provides insight into solving complex problems by combining systemic thinking with design thinking in an innovative form of design.
H-SEIF 1
Externally financed R&D project (2017-2020) H-SEIF stands for Human Systems Engineering Innovation Framework. H-SEIF 1 was a research project aimed at developing new methods for human centred systems engineering. Illustration: H-SEIF project 2017 About H-SEIF The...
Students as Change Makers
What demographic is currently underrepresented in Hemsedal, yet have high potential for stimulating change? Students! From bachelor to PhD to professional executive master levels, students can operate as regenerative weavers to connect cities and alpine communities....
Synthesis Maps
Synthesis maps integrate evidence and expertise in a visual narrative forknowledge translation and communication. Peter Jones & Jeremy Bowes Read paper about Synthesis Maps Rendering Systems Visible Students as Change Makers Oct 26, 2022 | Gigamap type: Synthesis...
Alpine-Urban Synergies
Rural alpine communities like Hemsedal in Norway, are connected to urban areas like Oslo through historically dependent relationships. Urban areas have benefited from rural resources like water, food, raw materials and recreation while small ski towns like Hemsedal...
Living with the river
Hemsila is a river in Hemsedal a mountain community in Norway. How can we design with the Hemsila river as an asset, rather than a problem, to increase Hemsedal’s resilience and regenerative capacity? By celebrating the organic nature of the Hemsila river and its...
Design for Health
Here you find projects related to health. Master Thesis: Løft Blikket Dec 1, 2021 | Books & Other Publications, Design for Health, Design for Society, Master's ProjectsLøft Blikket A masters thesis by Einar Lukerstuen 2021 Thesis in Norwegian.HVA: Løft blikket er...
Design for Industry
Here you find projects relevant for business and industry. H-SEIF: Systems Engineering and SOD Nov 23, 2020 | Design for IndustryHere is a booklet that sums up four years of R&D in H-SEIF, a research project to develop new methods for human-centred systems...
Design for Society
Here you find projects with a societal perspective. You might also look at the Design for Democracy and Design for Planet sections, which are highly relevant to societal design. Design for Democracy Design for Planet StimuLab – Driving systemic design into Norway’s...
SODpost 3 2022
This is the third publication after the bachelor course GK6 at the Institute of Design at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design. The theme and case is the food system of Norway. The students did desktop research and fieldwork and engaged with...
Post SOD 2020
Post SOD er en prosjektrapport utformet som en avis, og er resultatet av grunnkurset i Systemorientert Design (SOD), 3. året design (GK6) ved Design- og arkitekthøyskolen i Oslo (AHO). Prosjektet varte et halvt semester, og delte 30 elever inn i 6 grupper med 6...
MOOC: Designing Resilient Regenerative Systems (ETH)
The new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) series by Systemic Design Labs ⎟ETH Zurich entitled “Designing Resilient Regenerative Systems” hybridizes sustainability science, systemic design and transformative action. It provides worldviews, tools, illustrations and...
Booklet: Complex systems
This booklet talks about breaking silos in organisations and across disciplines.
SODpost 2 2021
SODpost 2021 is a futuristic project containing the work of a third year bachelor cohort at AHO 2021. The students worked in several groups independently but combined their work into a report, SODpost 2021. The report displays a future narrative looking forward to...
The SOD Picture Book
The SOD Picture Book is an unfinished book project that collects AHO master’s projects from 2008-2012.