Recent Publications, videos, and interviews.
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Videos
Why a Design ‘Flight’ School? re Design Flight School
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP0kCeC3xwI
What is systemic design? re Design Flight School
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdxTcJUhfBQ
Interview by Shrikant re Design Flight School
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MREALMh3q6I
Interview re CJ Fearnley’s Bucky Fuller’s ‘comprehensivity’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUt5oBrCPTM
Keynote - Systemic Design Education: Emergent Pedagogy for Architect Scholar-Practitioners
Emerging Pedagogies in Architectural Education, Assoc. India Architects
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL-0m2jXktc
Archipelago of Design member interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOUSZBi3YD4
Executive Master of Systems Oriented Design
Oslo School of Architecture and Design
Systems +
guest lecture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb7nDCLtmx4
RSD 9 Symposium Harold Nelson keynote
Well-being by Design: Think Different
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzjedXVTmVM
Design in the 21st century
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHViRH1396w&t=29s
Monash health design
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK-Htzoeq0g&t=385s
why design thinking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYJ4PvCYHJo&t=25s
putting design in its place
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq3jRPWhaXs&t=51s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA_UaUw28F8&t=108s
lame gods
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IoS3-2L7oo&t=50s
Nierenberg lecture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqTG02acrPQ&t=117s
2001 ISSS President’s Speech
https://vimeo.com/468974852?embedded=true&source=video_title&owner=92866551
2001 ISSS Past Presidents meet students
https://vimeo.com/468968151?embedded=true&source=video_title&owner=92866551
podcasts
Interviewed by Farheem Samad
Systemic Design, Real vs True in the Era of AI and Design Paradigms – Designers Beyond Portfolios. 7/6/23
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0EYmSr586XnfV8rXVwUTqb
Protopia interview by Robert Voight - Advancing into the Future the Design Way
Podcast interview by Greg Williams. He had questions to ask after reading The Design Way (Nelson – Stolterman, MIT Press 2012).
https://podfollow.com/lx-leader/episode/d2ff1f95ce2bb32f79aad949ea5641fc2d3c6b8b/view
blogs
http://designwaybook.blogspot.com
http://accidentalvagrant.blogspot.com
http://designflightschool.blogspot.com
http://advanceddesigninstitute.blogspot.com
https://www.facebook.com/Harold-Nelson-LLC-260270017336676
Workshops
Harold G Nelson, and Robert Sandusky (2013), The Experience of Becoming a Member of a Systemic Design Team; A one-day workshop for experiencing systemic design teams as self-organizing social systems. RSD2 Workshop description AHO, Oslo, Norway
http://accidentalvagrant.blogspot.com/2022/10/forming-systemic-design-team-workshop.html
Publications
Books
Nelson, Harold and Stolterman, Erik(2024) El camino del diseno; Cambio intencional en un mundo imprevisible. 2nd Ed. (Spanish trans) Ciudad de Mexico. Fondo de Cultura Economica
Nelson, Harold and Stolterman, Erik (2020) The Design Way; Intentional Change in an Unpredictable World. 2nd Ed.(Chinese trans) Beijing, Posts & Telecom Press
Nelson, Harold G., and Stolterman, Erik (2012). The Design Way: Intentional Change in an Unpredictable World; 2nd Ed. Cambridge, MA. MIT Press,
Nelson, Harold G., and Stolterman, Erik (2003). The Design Way: Intentional Change in an Unpredictable World; Foundations and Fundamentals of Design Competence. New Jersey: Educational Technology Publications.
Chapters
Nelson, Harold G. (2019) The Promise of Systemic Design: Giving Form to Water. Learning, Design, and Technology. An International Compendium of Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Springer, Cham, DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17727-4 Spector, Michael J.; Lockee, Barbara B.; Childress, Marcus D. (Eds) Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
Bransford, John, Susan Mosborg, Michael A. Copland, Meredith A. Honig, Harold G. Nelson, Drue Gawel, Rachel S. Phillips, and Nancy Vye (2010). Adaptive People and Adaptive Systems: Issues of Learning and Design. Second International Handbook of Educational Change . Series: Springer International Handbooks of Education , Vol. 23 Hargreaves, A.; Lieberman, A.; Fullan, M.; Hopkins, D. (Eds.) The Netherlands: Springer Science + Business Media.
Nelson, Harold G. (2008) Design Communication: Systems, Service, Conspiracy, and Leadership. Dialogue as a Collective Means of Design Conversation. B. Banathy and P. Jenlink (Eds.) New York, NY: Springer US: 2008.
Nelson, Harold G. (2004), Holism: Design as the Basis of Human Civilization. Mind the Gap! On Knowing and Not-knowing in Design .W. Jonas. (Eds.) H.M. Hauschild Gmbt, Bremmen, DL
Journals, Reports & posts
Nelson, H. (2021). Systemic Design Inquiry: The Reconstitution of Sophia—The Wise Hand. Academia Letters, Article 503. https://doi.org/10.20935/AL503.
Nelson, Harold G.(2007) Simply Complex by Design. Performance Improvement Quarterly, Vol. 20.2: 2007 (97-115).
https://www.academia.edu/11394629/Simply_Complex_by_Design
Nelson, Harold G. (2005) A Whole Systems Design Approach to Decentralized Governance for Human Development. Decentralized Governance Programme, Democratic Governance Group, Bureau for Development Policy, United Nations Development Program.
Nelson, Harold G (2005) The Design of Design Learning: The Graduate Programs in Whole Systems Design — A Reflective Case Study. Doctoral Education in Design Conference, Tempe, Arizona
https://www.academia.edu/11393651/Design_of_Design_Education
Nelson, Harold G. (2004) Bela H. Banathy :The Legacy of a Design Conversation. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Vol. 22.3: 2004 (261-268).
Nelson, Harold G., and Stolterman, Erik (2003). Design Judgment; Decision Making in the “Real World”. Design Journal, Vol. 6.1: 2003 (23-31).
Nelson, Harold G. (2002) The Legacy of C. West Churchman: A Framework for Social Systems Assessments. Systems Research and Behavioral Science Vol. 20.6 (2002): 463-473.
Nelson, Harold G. (2002) Systems Science in Service to Humanity: Lip Service? Room Service? Self Service? Protective or Military Service? Social or Public Service? Full Service? In Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Vol. 19.59: 2002 (407-416).
Nelson, Harold G. and Erik Stolterman (2002). Design Judgment; Decision Making in the “Real” World. In Common Ground, edited by D. Durling and J. Shackleton. Staffordshire, UK: Staffordshire University Press.
Nelson, Harold G. (2002) Yearbook Edition, Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Guest Editor; International Society for Systems Science, Vol. 19.3.: 2002
Nelson, Harold G. (2002) Continuing the Traditions of ISSSS – Systems Science in the Service of Humanity. Understanding Complexity, Edited by G. Ragsdell, and J. Wilby. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: 2002.
Nelson, Harold G.and Erik Stolterman (2000). The Case for Design; Creating a Culture of Intention. Educational Technology, Nov.-Dec., Vol. XL, No. 6, (29-35).
Nelson, Harold G., and Erik Stolterman (2000). Design as Being in Service. Foundations for the Future. Doctoral Education in Design. Edited by D. Durling and K. Friedman. Staffordshire, UK: Staffordshire University Press, (23-33): 2000.
Nelson, Harold G. (1995). The Recovery of Wisdom: Design Dialogue. The Advanced Design Institute, Fairfax, CA
https://www.academia.edu/30919280/The_Recovery_of_Wisdom_Design_Dialogue
Nelson, Harold G. (1995) Everything Real is not True.
https://www.academia.edu/29162642/Everything_Real_is_Not_True
Nelson, Harold G.(1994) Learning Systems Design. Educational Technology, Vol. 34, No. 1. (51-54).
Nelson, Harold G. (1994) The Necessity of Being ‘Undisciplined’ and ‘Out of Control’: Design Action and Systems Thinking. Performance Improvement Quarterly, Vol. 7, No.3 (22-29).
Nelson, Harold G. (1993) Design Inquiry as an Intellectual Technology for the Design of Educational. Systems. Comprehensive Systems Design: A New Educational Technology. Edited by C.M. Reigeluth, B.H. Banathy, and J.R. Olson, Berlin, Germany, Spring-Verlag, with NATO Scientific Affairs Division
Nelson, Harold G. (1992) Design Learning. General Systems Approaches to Alternative Economics and Values. Vol. 1. Proceedings of the 36th Annual Meeting and Conference, International Society for Systems Sciences: July 12-17: 1992, (581-585).
Nelson, Harold G.(1989) Unnatural States of Health in Natural Organizations. The Well Being of Organizations, edited by C.W. Churchman. Salinas, CA: Intersystems Publications.
Nelson, Harold G. (1987) Other Than Chance and Necessity; Intention and Purpose by Design. European Journal of Operational Research, Vol.30, No.3. Amsterdam, Holland: Elsevier Science Publishers
Nelson, Harold G., Willett Kempton, Bonnie Cornwall and Benson, Peter (Team Lead and Ed.)(1978) Energy Conservation: Policy Issues and End-Use Savings Potential Part 5 of 6, Energy Efficient Buildings: The Cause of Litigation Against Energy Conservation Building Codes, LBL 7876 UC-13, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA
https://escholarship.org/content/qt8ch6j6pz/qt8ch6j6pz.pdf?t=ll2sd0
Churchman, C West; Nelson, Harold G; Eacret, Kreg (1977), Value Distribution Assessment of Geothermal Development in Lake County, CA, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, UC Berkeley
LBL-6875, 1977