CIFF广州｜设计之春·中国家博会“当代设计展”：THINKin思想中“凝聚的群落”论坛

当今世界，**大特征是不确定性和复杂性。


物理学家Ilya Prigogine说： “当一个系统远未达到平衡状态的时候，有凝聚力的小群落拥有改变整个系统的能力。”


一个群落所具有的强大凝聚和协同进化力量，会使这个群落有可能成为一个超级生命体，类似于生态学中的 “超有机体”(superorganism)，蚁群、蜂群和鱼群等。


从“社会性昆虫”到“人类社会群落”，自古以来，常被引用为一种象征性比喻和解读。社会型昆虫群体所具有的 集体智慧、统一意志以及井然有序的强大行动能力，无不令我们叹为观止，同时也向我们敞开心智，供我们学习它的内在逻辑。


本次论坛尝试以此为线索，引导并展开对于中国原创设计群体及其发展进化的议题和讨论。


Today's world is characterised by uncertainty and complexity. As physicist Ilya Prigogine states, "when a system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence have the capacity to shift the entire system."


The strong cohesive and co-evolutionary power of a cluster equips itself with the potential to become a super-organism, similar to the ecological term 'superorganism', such as ant colonies, bee colonies and fish schools.


From 'social insects' to 'human social groups', the term social has been invoked as a metaphor and interpreted since ancient times. The collective intelligence, the unified will and the powerful mobility of a social insect colony have always amazed us. These miracles have also opened our minds to learn from its inner logic.


This forum attempts to take this as an inspiration to guide the discussion on the evolution of China's original design community.


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设计不是由设计师头脑里的突发奇想一蹴而就地发生，设计也不应该是昙花一现的视觉盛宴。它是一个 系统，需要系统中各要素的协作依存，一个成功系统的质量，取决于 协作的质量。


设计群落内部的协作不仅限于在设计专业人士之间进行，也与更加广阔的人群和社会背景息息相关。


好的对话和交流有利于发掘事物的本质，确立系统成员共同价值和愿景，获得共鸣和共识，它也可以有效规范行动，规避风险，共同进退，应对未知。


好的设计是一个发生器，它承担责任，实现可能，创造奇迹。


好的设计也是一部发动机，它发现意义，影响人群，是一场不懈探索的共同生命体的进化。


Design does not happen overnight from the whims of a designer's mind, nor should it be an ephemeral visual feast. Design is a system that relies on the collaboration and dependence of all elements within the system. Hence the quality of such successful system depends on the quality of the collaboration.


Collaboration in design clusters is not limited to dialogues between professionals, but is also relevant to the broader population and social context.


Good dialogue, understanding and collaboration can be important in many aspects: to uncover the essence of current affairs; to establish shared values and visions, gain empathy and consensus within the system; to regulate action, avoid risk, share benefits and deal with the unknown.


Good design is a generator that takes responsibility, realises possibilities and creates miracles.


Good design is also an engine that finds meaning, influences people and drives the evolution of a shared life form.