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the competence to help develop dematerialization strategies for the benefit of society and the entireecosystem without sacrificing quality of life.Finally, as the nature of design practices shifts towards co-design and co-creation; as design agencyis increasingly available to non-designers; and as social innovation continues to increase in scope andrelevance, the traditional jurisdiction of design as a profession is called into question. Value is no longerevaluated in chains but in networks, and defining design value is also a question of deciding upon one’sjurisdiction. Figure 3 illustrates our perspective on expanding design jurisdiction.Figure 3.Design Value and Design Jurisdiction.4. SurveyThe Framework for Strategic Sustainable DevelopmentAs emphasized earlier, we base our work on the FSSD, which we have used to guide the principles andhypotheses underlying our survey and the Sustainable Design Barometer project. According to the FSSD,all complex systems can be divided into five levels: System, Success, Strategy, Actions and Tools. Forplanning in systems as complex as the ecosystem, a traditional definition of success is not sufficient: wemust define our aims and goals in a principled way.In essence, for successful design within the ecosystem and society, we need a principled definition ofa sustainable society. This definition must be science-based, necessary for sustainability, sufficient forsustainability, general, concrete and preferably distinct (Robèrt et al, 2002). The framework’s foursystem conditions, i.e. sustainability principles, have therefore been defined and developed according toa widely accepted scientific consensus, and they represent the only limits a designer needs to consider inher work:In a sustainable society, nature is not subject to(SP1) systematically increasing concentrations of substances extracted from the earth's crust.(SP2) systematically increasing concentrations of substances produced by society.(SP3) systematically increasing degradation by physical means.520