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Darwin Muljono

Senior Service Designer

Adopting critical realism, complexity, and design futures to address systemic problems.

With a background in design research, Darwin pushes himself to approach problems from a complex systems perspective—effects include a relentless pursuit of understanding and critiquing structures and their underlying mechanisms that cause tensions in the human condition. Such an approach is inspired from disciplines like ecological, sociological, and biological systems but always grounded in philosophy (the likes of Spinoza, Bhaskar, Marx, Graeber, and Weil) — a foundation that he applies in his work.

His experience spans various kinds of organizations, from design studios, academia, non-profits, startups, and big tech — working in different capacities in visual design, research, teaching, and service design.

An independent researcher eager to discover and explore possibilities.

Current research interests include complexity theory, speculative fiction, metaphysics, ethics, and political-economic philosophy. Outside that, he likes to read things he barely understands, write phrases he can barely pronounce, and draw stuff that does not exist. A nerdling somewhat unworthy of the name.

Darwin's Expertise

innovation
storytelling
analysis and synthesis
Philosophy
Sketching
Amateur Enthusiast in Other Disciplines

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Perspectives from Darwin

Ecotones: Tensions, innovations, and systemic changes
Critical Realism and Complex Systems Inquiry: Exploratory Thoughts
Approaching Complexity
Collective Dreaming in a Virtual World: The first step
The Ecotone Framework: Understand Systemic Change and Innovation in Service Design