Design Discourses of Transformation

The aim of this article is to develop knowledge and understanding that supports critical conceptual interventions in design innovation theory practice. Existing discourses are dissonant paradoxical, for example positioning as at once value-free virtuous. We explain various instances dissonance by establishing relationships between modes design, discourses, systems. map interpret four revealing the plural, dynamic, mutable nature they share. Our context social transformation varies according how we relate systems, these produced through two inform distinct design. argue dominant entrenched systems must be consciously actively upended. For this, present a framework transformative action foster encounters across engender new expressions