States Not Stages
What does design require beyond process adherence? A series examining evaluative judgement, cybernetic traditions, and the structural conditions that determine whether iteration is productive or merely fast.
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The Compass Unpacked: Six Accounts of Evaluative Capacity in Design
February 25, 2026
Two recent practitioner blog posts converge on a problem that runs through my own research into planning, governance, and design. In a recent week-note, I reflected on Jaimes Nel's (2026) recent...
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Design Judgement and AI Teaming: What Can Be Distributed?
February 26, 2026
This series began with reflections on a messy and confusing project. The SCÖ Pathway Generator - an algorithmic decision-support tool for vocational rehabilitation - needed a domain infrastructure...