See what shapes the system.Design what happens next.
Analysis, system maps and concept design for complex organisations, places, technologies and public systems.
Use I·V·O now.
Start with something real: a situation, a thought, a question, a pattern you keep noticing, or a system you want to understand.
Use Analysis to examine what is already there. The lens helps you separate possibilities, relations and selections, so you can see what is actually shaping the situation — and where leverage may exist.
Use Design when you want to explore what could be different. Begin with the existing conditions, identify what matters, then develop new possibilities before deciding on an intervention, object, service or environment.
See a system through I·V·O
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Design your own outcomes.
I·V·O is a domain-independent design principle for working with possibility, relation and selection. Apply it to your own practice, organisation, clients or technology.
Developed in public.
Documented over time.
The public record distinguishes the current canonical Lens, its development history, earlier instruments and the research laboratory.
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