Beyond Net Zero - A Systemic Design Framework

What is systemic design? Systemic design is the acknowledgement of complexity and interconnectedness throughout the design thinking and doing process. It is both a mindset and a methodology - considering the structures and beliefs that underpin a challenge. It asks both designers and non-designers to radically reimagine and create new ways of living. The climate and biodiversity crises, and associated social injustice, are the biggest challenges facing humanity today, and so design must evolve to include these: acting more systemically, shifting towards alternative regenerative systems. Systemic Design Framework Our overall, high-level methodology for Design for Planet. It keeps the core premise of the Double Diamond (divergent and convergent thinking) and asks designers to come together to Explore, Reframe, Create and Catalyse. It expands the design process to encompass the ‘invisible activities’ that sit around it: Orientation and vision setting, Connections and relationships, Leadership and storytelling, and Continuing the journey. It also includes six principles that underpin Systemic Design, and the four key roles needed to help work in this way.