Structural Design Philosophy

Philosophy and Design

In this chapter, I argue for an intentionalist reconstruction of artifact design, called the “use-plan analysis.” In it, design crucially involves the construction and communication of a use plan. After presenting an outline of the use-plan analysis, I show that it can be used to accommodate four aspects of the phenomenology of artifact use and design: creative use, serendipity, the unread manu...

CMLLite: a design philosophy for CML

CMLLite is a collection of definitions and processes which provide strong and flexible validation for a document in Chemical Markup Language (CML). It consists of an updated CML schema (schema3), conventions specifying rules in both human and machine-understandable forms and a validator available both online and offline to check conformance. This article explores the rationale behind the change...

Mind Design II : Philosophy, Psychology, Artificial Intelligence

FengShui Paradigm as Philosophy of Sustainable Design

FengShui, an old Chinese discipline, dates back to more than 5000 years, is one of the design principles that aim at creating habitable and sustainable spaces in harmony with nature by systematizing data within its own structure. Having emerged from Chinese mysticism and embodying elements of faith in its principles, FengShui argues that the positive energy in the environment channels human beh...

The Mit Ssl Laboratory Design Philosophy

This section presents the second part of the hypothesis presented in Figure 1.1: the MIT SSL Laboratory Design Philosophy can serve as a set of guidelines for the successful development of microgravity research experiments. These guidelines were created from the experience of designing, building, and operating multiple μ-g testbeds, and were the guidelines that drove the design of the SPHERES t...