Univocal design: an ontotheology of creation

This paper introduces the concept of univocal enmeshment as a novel ontological framework for understanding design as a metaphysical act of creation. Drawing from medieval theology - particularly Duns Scotus’s doctrine of univocity - and extending through mystical, occult, and modern philosophical traditions, we argue that design is not merely a technical or aesthetic practice but a manifestation of Being itself. By tracing the historical entanglement of design with Christian mysticism, occult science, and speculative metaphysics, we reveal how artefacts emerge from a shared ontological field that includes both Life and technics. Engaging with thinkers such as Deleuze, Simondon, Heidegger, and Thacker, we propose that design operates within a continuum of immanence, where creation is distributed, ambiguous, and co-emergent. The resulting model of univocal enmeshment challenges hierarchical and hylomorphic views of design, offering instead a vision of design as a mystical, recursive, and more-than-human process of becoming.