Visual Thinking in Life Design: A Conceptual Framework of Visual Tools and Templates

Kernbach, Sebastian

doi:10.1109/iv.2019.00062

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“…Similar visual thinking approaches are used extensively to develop ideas iteratively and selfreflect on both the proposed outcome and the process through which it is achieved. These visual approaches have been used in design (Suwa et al 2001;Maher et al 2018a, b;Kernbach 2019;Mouhebati et al 2019;Ware 2021), systems approaches for managing change (Ulrich and Reynolds 2010) and sustainability (Sevaldson 2011;Widener et al 2016;Cortes Arevalo et al 2020). Dual process theory describes two primary modes of thinking: intuition which is fast, unconscious and associative; and reasoning which is slow, deliberate and rule-based (Evans and Frankish 2009).…”

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MetaMAP: a graphical tool for designing initiatives to support multiple sustainability goals

2022

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This paper presents MetaMAP: a new graphical tool and framework for designing well-integrated sustainability initiatives, and managing synergies and trade-offs regarding the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs are highly interconnected, but many institutional structures and thinking paradigms lead us to look at them in isolation. This stifles innovation and social transformation. Most tools and frameworks, while valuable, focus on analysis, not design, and are limited to a particular discipline, sector, SDG, or geographic scale. Without holistic frameworks and collaborative tools, many sustainability practitioners may be playing chess without a board. To support a more integrated approach to achieve the SDGs, MetaMAP resembles architectural design tools which help users to synthesise knowledge, reframe complex situations, and identify stakeholders, leverage points, synergies, and trade-offs. MetaMAP applies a new meta-framework to organise concept maps developed collaboratively by interdisciplinary teams following a guided process. This framework integrates components of the natural environment, built environment, and society across multiple spatial and temporal scales. It incorporates concepts from social-ecological systems, planetary boundaries, design thinking, integral theory, ecosystem services, and ecological footprint, among others. MetaMAP was designed with input from over 170 people from diverse disciplines in five workshops, numerous case studies, and critique. This article demonstrates MetaMAP through its application to a case study in which a multidisciplinary team analysed the impacts of an Ecovillage across scales and designed synergetic initiatives. We then critique MetaMAP from four disciplinary perspectives. We envision that MetaMAP will support the design of sustainability initiatives which are more efficient, more broadly supported, and contribute to multiple SDGs simultaneously. By taking a systems view and applying design thinking, MetaMAP helps users to understand interlinkages, maximise synergies, and minimise trade-offs when designing specific SDG initiatives.

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MetaMAP: a graphical tool for designing initiatives to support multiple sustainability goals

2022

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“…In fact, the use of visuals in management, research and organisations has increased rapidly over the past 10 years (Rehnert and Kernbach, 2020;Bresciani and Kernbach, 2019;Kernbach, 2019;Bresciani and Kernbach, 2020). Visual artefacts are omnipresent in modern societies and are not just add-ons to verbal but have become elementary for the construction, maintenance and transformation of meaning (Kress and van Leeuwen, 2001).…”

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A visualisation approach for pitching research

Faff

Kernbach

2021

Accounting & Finance

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Based on a simple template tool, Faff's 'pitching' framework provides a succinct and methodical approach to conveying a new research proposal to an academic expert. Some potential users are discouraged by a mistaken belief that it is just a 'form-filling' exercise. We argue that one fruitful way to make the proposed 'pitching' process more inviting, support researchers' thinking process and enable a fruitful communication with others is to invoke a visualisation strategy. Accordingly, we propose a visualisation enhancement through visual templates with a particular focus on a 'canvas' techniquewhich we label the 'Pitching Research Canvas'.

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Entutela 2.0: Enhancing Legal User Experiences Through Understanding the Narrative of Facts and Claims

de Francisco Vela,

Padilla Casas,

Polanía

2023

Springer Series in Design and Innovation

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Visual Thinking in Life Design: A Conceptual Framework of Visual Tools and Templates

Cited by 4 publications

References 18 publications

MetaMAP: a graphical tool for designing initiatives to support multiple sustainability goals

MetaMAP: a graphical tool for designing initiatives to support multiple sustainability goals

A visualisation approach for pitching research

Entutela 2.0: Enhancing Legal User Experiences Through Understanding the Narrative of Facts and Claims

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