Phenomenology of embodied and artful design for creative and sustainable inter-practicing in organisations

Based on a phenomenological approach, this paper discusses possibilities of an embodied and artful design in relation to sustainable practices. Moving beyond conventional design-thinking, and by following Merleau-Ponty's philosophy, design of sustainable practices are seen as a situated, emergent process of bodily beings and dynamic, material, social and systemic embodiments in which practices are inter-relationally and meaningfully enmeshed. In particular, then inter-practices of embodied design in organisation and leadership are presented. Furthermore, then the roles of eco-aesthetics and embodied artful design in, for and of organisation are discussed. Finally, some limitations and concluding perspectives are outlined. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.