Eleven propositions to the question: What is contemporary about craft?
added by Elena Lo Presti · updated 2y ago
Eleven propositions to the question: What is contemporary about craft?
The challenge is this: to take craft out of some imaginary vacuum (as if meaning in fiction is separate from meaning in life) and return it to its cultural and historical context.
from Craft in the Real World by Matthew Salesses
juarry added
- craft is a culture thing. It’s about deciding to care
from Craft and Beauty: The ROI of Marrying Form and Function | Figma Blog by Katie Dill
Pritesh added
- Design has evolved to meet the challenge of the new relationship between people and the material goods they need. Today, designers — artisans, manufacturers, engineers, architects — think far beyond the way things look. Comparing pre-industrial design to post-industrial design with a picture is absurd. Critiquing a modern object based on its appear... See more
from Beauty in the machine: post-industrial design
Tejas Gawande added
Ideas evolve gradually over years and decades into their final shape. The new form has many micro decisions behind it