Design Science is a strategy for global systems change through design thinking strategies rooted in ecological principles. It employs scientific observations as a foundation for intentional and intelligent design, often borrowing from phenomena in the natural world to create whole systems solutions to the world’s problems. R. Buckminster Fuller used design science to create geodesic domes, calling upon the structural uniformity of naturally occurring elements such as snowflakes and seed pods.

"I did not set out to design a geodesic dome," Fuller once said, "I set out to discover the principles operative in the Universe.”

The Design Science Decade uses these principles as a framework to reorient the course of the next ten years to create a world that works for 100% of humanity.

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• Design Science Studio, designscience.studio