Letting the Pattern Emerge - How to convey complexity by going beyond written words

Ecological Designers differ from conventional designers in their ability to take a holistic methodological approach to address challenging issues as complex or wicked problems. In working with a trans-disciplinary team, an Ecological Designer must be able to manage different ways of seeing and knowing to bridge the gap between disciplines. Must the Ecological Designer have intimate knowledge of all the literature –research papers, articles, books– of all the philosophies and sciences that need to be taken into account when addressing a given challenge? A lifetime would not be enough to scratch the surface of a fraction of such a large body of knowledge. Is there a tool, then, that can prevent people who strive to become holistic thinkers from drowning in a vast ocean of written material?<br>In this dissertation, I propose Analography as a method of diagramming that, when used as a communication tool, can aid in handling complex concepts in a manner that facilitates the Ecological Designer’s practice and re-combinations, all for the benefit of oneself, team-work or any curious bookworm