This paper addresses an approach now being used to develop solutions to complex architectural, product, graphic and information design problems. Central to the approach is the integration of projected objectives and strategic design principles. One finding is that teams can achieve this integration most directly and powerfully by generating design languages. The paper further addresses the conceptual framework from which we developed the idea of design languages and an expanding set of problem-solving tools which we uncovered in the process of evolving the work.
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