TY - JOUR
T1 - The net effect: Design, the rhizome, and complex philosophy
AU - Coyne, R.
PY - 2008/8
Y1 - 2008/8
N2 - Complex networks keep appearing in design research. A consideration of networks brings us into contact with Deleuze and Guattari's concept of the rhizome. On the one hand, their characterisation of the rhizome seems to be an extension and vindication of the application of the network. On the other hand, it diminishes the authority of the network as providing a general account of social conditions, spatial configuration, and design processes. In this paper we examine critically how both the network and the rhizome feature in major design legacies.
AB - Complex networks keep appearing in design research. A consideration of networks brings us into contact with Deleuze and Guattari's concept of the rhizome. On the one hand, their characterisation of the rhizome seems to be an extension and vindication of the application of the network. On the other hand, it diminishes the authority of the network as providing a general account of social conditions, spatial configuration, and design processes. In this paper we examine critically how both the network and the rhizome feature in major design legacies.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.futures.2007.11.003
DO - 10.1016/j.futures.2007.11.003
M3 - Article
VL - 40
SP - 552
EP - 561
JO - Futures
JF - Futures
SN - 0016-3287
IS - 6
ER -