Design Koans

A series of thought experiments for designers.

Zen D. a Zen sand garden

Exploring Zen Koans

Zen Buddhism is renowned for its unique teaching methods that go beyond traditional discourse and logic. Zen Koans — In the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen Buddhism, koan refers to a question or succinct paradoxical statement posed to a student to help him or her seek the truth. A Zen master gives koans to…