Birger Sevaldson

Birger Sevaldson is a professor at the Oslo School of Architecture. He is trained as an interior architect and furniture designer, and he has been practising in various fields of design, including architecture and interior design, furniture design, industrial design and art-based projects. He has a PhD in creative design computing and has been researching systems thinking in design for the last ten years. He is central in the development of Systems Oriented Design (SOD). His research focus is to develop SOD as a design practice to help designers and others to better cope with the increased challenges of globalization and the need for sustainability.

He is the founder of the “Relating Systems Thinking and Design” (RSD) seminar, and symposia series started in 2012. He is a founding member of the Systemic Design Association (SDA). He has published in various themes, including design creativity, methodology, digital design, research by design and SOD.

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