https://emsenn.net/tags/design/ Recent content in Design on emsenn.net Hugo en Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://emsenn.net/library/domains/humanities/domains/philosophy/texts/spiral-research/ Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://emsenn.net/library/domains/humanities/domains/philosophy/texts/spiral-research/ <p>A practice for designing things that must be simultaneously grounded in:</p> <ul> <li>existing standards and prior art (external)</li> <li>the project&rsquo;s own archive and constraints (internal)</li> <li>the current state of formal planning (prospective)</li> </ul> <p>The practice is recursive. Each cycle produces a more detailed plan that becomes the input to the next cycle.</p> <h2 id="the-cycle"><a href="#the-cycle" class="heading-anchor" aria-label="Link to this section">¶</a>The Cycle </h2> <h3 id="1-check-the-leading-edge-of-planning-docs"><a href="#1-check-the-leading-edge-of-planning-docs" class="heading-anchor" aria-label="Link to this section">¶</a>1. Check the leading edge of planning docs </h3> <p>Before researching externally, read the most recent planning output. What do we already know? What are the open questions? What have we committed to? What is still undecided?</p>