The notion of co-evolution has been widely adopted as a useful descriptor of one of the key aspects of designerly thinking: the re-interpreting of a design problem in the light of an exploration of possible solutions until a good ‘fit’ between problem and solution (‘an idea’) emerges. In this paper we pick up the discussion by considering co-evolution within design projects, in the briefing process and across projects. Aspects of the process to get from problem space to solution space can be captured with design models, but in considering the ‘jump’ from solution space to problem space we enter largely uncharted territory.

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设计的共同进化与涌现

协同进化的概念已被广泛用作设计思想的关键方面之一的有用描述：根据对可能解决方案的探索重新设计问题，直到问题与问题之间的良好“契合”。解决方案（“一个想法”）应运而生。在本文中，我们通过考虑设计项目内，简报过程中以及跨项目的协同进化来进行讨论。从问题空间到解决方案空间的过程的各个方面可以用设计模型捕获，但是在考虑从解决方案空间到问题空间的“跳跃”时，我们进入了一个未知的领域。