Emergent Functionality

by Graham Brown on January 1, 2011

Complex behaviors can emerge from very simple rules (for example the rules of youth text speak, Influence, Innovation). Immersion research can help us understand the simple rules such as youth’s Social Code. Complicated innovations in technology can be driven by simple social drivers and Positive Deviance based on real social need rather than a top-down masterplan from the Design Agencies.

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