SADIM

SADIM Design Cycle

I've been getting really excited about the potential of infographics for improving permaculture communication and generally smartening up course materials. Above is a little SmartArt graphic I made in Microsoft Word to illustrate the SADIM design framework/process/cycle. I wished I discovered how to do this a bit earlier, as it would have made my presentation on Design Frameworks look a lot neater!

The supremo of infographics appears to be Edward Tufte, author of a few great books on the subject. Via his website I came across this great video he executive produced: Inge Druckrey: Teaching to See which is an introduction to observation and design thinking coming from a graphic design perspective.

Frameworks for Design - Presentation

Below is the slideshow element of my presentation of Permaculture Design Frameworks as given at the 2012 Permaculture Association AGM. I gave more information in my accompanying talk which will appear later when I've written something up. The slides should give something of the flavour though, and hopefully be an aide memoire for those that attended (thanks for your contributions!). It's best viewed full screen to avoid losing text on the right hand margin.

Frameworks for Design: Past, Present & Futures from yourmindfire