Design Gestaltung Formatività

Author : Patricia Ribault
Publisher : Birkhäuser
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-05
Category : Design
ISBN : 9783035622447

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Design, Gestaltung, Formatività by Patricia Ribault Pdf

What do the work processes of a neurosurgeon and a painter have in common? Applying the notions of Design, Gestaltung, and Formatività, this book sheds new light on processes of formation and transformation in the material world we live in. Scholars from the fields of history, philosophy, psychology, media, and cultural studies question established processes of giving form, while artists, designers, engineers, and scientists describe their creative processes. This book provides its readers with an overview of the spectrum of "philosophies of making" and invites them to refl ect on their own creative process, its possibilities and associated responsibilities to the environment, and ultimately to express these in action. There has never been a more urgent need to develop a new relationship between matter and form. Discussing and expanding the definitions of Design, Gestaltung und Formatività Leading international theorists write about the relationship between matter and form A collection of new texts and first English translation of key texts

Author : Carlos L. Marcos
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1658 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319937496

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Graphic Imprints by Carlos L. Marcos Pdf

This is the Proceedings of the International Congress of Graphic Design in Architecture, EGA 2018, held in Alicante, Spain, May 30-June 1, 2018. About 200 professionals and researchers from 18 different countries attended the Congress. This book will be of interest to researchers in the field of architecture and Engineering. Topics discussed are Innovations in Architecture, graphic design and architecture, history and heritage among others.

Author : Peter Fratzl,Michael Friedman,Karin Krauthausen,Wolfgang Schäffner
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783110562200

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Active Materials by Peter Fratzl,Michael Friedman,Karin Krauthausen,Wolfgang Schäffner Pdf

What are active materials? This book aims to introduce and redefine conceptions of matter by considering materials as entities that ‘sense’ and respond to their environment. By examining the modeling of, the experiments on, and the construction of these materials, and by developing a theory of their structure, their collective activity, and their functionality, this volume identifies and develops a novel scientific approach to active materials. Moreover, essays on the history and philosophy of metallurgy, chemistry, biology, and materials science provide these various approaches to active materials with a historical and cultural context. The interviews with experts from the natural sciences included in this volume develop new understandings of ‘active matter’ and active materials in relation to a range of research objects and from the perspective of different scientific disciplines, including biology, physics, chemistry, and materials science. These insights are complemented by contributions on the activity of matter and materials from the humanities and the design field. Discusses the mechanisms of active materials and their various conceptualizations in materials science. Redefines conceptions of active materials through interviews with experts from the natural sciences. Contextualizes, historizes, and reflects on different notions of matter/materials and activity through contributions from the humanities. A highly interdisciplinary approach to a cutting-edge research topic, with contributions from both the sciences and the humanities.

Author : McKenzie Wark
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781781688281

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Molecular Red by McKenzie Wark Pdf

In Molecular Red, McKenzie Wark creates philosophical tools for the Anthropocene, our new planetary epoch, in which human and natural forces are so entwined that the future of one determines that of the other. Wark explores the implications of Anthropocene through the story of two empires, the Soviet and then the American. The fall of the former prefigures that of the latter. From the ruins of these mighty histories, Wark salvages ideas to help us picture what kind of worlds collective labor might yet build. From the scientific pioneers who were trying to transform science during the Russia Revolution, to visionaries contemplating cyborg possibilities and science fiction dreams in late 20th century California, Molecular Red not only looks at the crisis of climate change that we face but also how we might be able to understand it, and how we might salvage some hope out of the wreckage.

Author : Dominique Peysson
Publisher : Dis voir
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Art
ISBN : 2914563809

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The Image-matter by Dominique Peysson Pdf

It is now possible for scientists to control the structure of matter at a scale so minute that previously unimaginable properties emerge. Organic matter may even be hybridized with nonorganic matter, as the border between the inert and the living increasingly blurs. Consequently, we need to rethink our relation to, and apprehension of, the world. With the advance of materials science, the artist need not sculpt the external form but the internal sub-structures of matter, not the object but its properties. In The Image-Matter, scientist and artist Dominique Peysson offers tools to help us comprehend the new vision of the world proposed by materials science, and encourages us to perform the necessary transformation of our imaginations.

Author : Michael Friedman,Wolfgang Schäffner
Publisher : transcript Verlag
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783839434048

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On Folding by Michael Friedman,Wolfgang Schäffner Pdf

It is only recently, with the increasing interest in origami and folding in natural sciences and the humanities, that the fold as a new conception in a whole range of disciplines has begun to be conceived in a broader way. Folding as a material and structural process offers a new methodology to think about the close relationship of matter, form and code. It henceforth crosses out old dichotomies, such as the organic and the inorganic or nature and technology, and blurs the boundaries between experimental, conceptual and historical approaches. This anthology aims to unfold this new interdisciplinary field and its disciplinary impact, ranging from materials science, biology, architecture, and mathematics to literature and philosophy.

Author : Mirka Beneš,Michael G. Lee
Publisher : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Gardens
ISBN : 0884023672

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Clio in the Italian Garden by Mirka Beneš,Michael G. Lee Pdf

This text examines the long historical development and disciplinary diversity of Italian garden studies.

Author : Hans Rainer Sepp,Lester Embree
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2010-03-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789048124718

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Handbook of Phenomenological Aesthetics by Hans Rainer Sepp,Lester Embree Pdf

Historically, phenomenology began in Edmund Husserl’s theory of mathematics and logic, went on to focus for him on transcendental rst philosophy and for others on metaphysics, philosophical anthropology, and theory of interpretation. The c- tinuing focus has thus been on knowledge and being. But if one began without those interests and with an understanding of the phenomenological style of approach, one might well see that art and aesthetics make up the most natural eld to be approached phenomenologically. Contributions to this eld have continually been made in the phenomenological tradition from very early on, but, so to speak, along the side. (The situation has been similar with phenomenological ethics. ) A great deal of thought about art and aesthetics has nevertheless accumulated during a century and a handbook like the present one is long overdue. The project of this handbook began in conversations over dinner in Sepp’s apa- ment in Baden-Baden at one evening of the hot European summer in the year 2003. As things worked out, he knew more about whom to ask and how much space to allocate to each entry and Embree knew more about how to conduct the inviting, preliminary editing, and prodding of contributors who were late returning their criticized drafts and copyedited entries and was able to invest the time and other resources from his endowed chair. That process took longer than anticipated and there were additional unfortunate delays due to factors beyond the editors’s control.

Author : Claudia Mareis,Moritz Greiner-Petter,Michael Renner
Publisher : transcript Verlag
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-28
Category : Design
ISBN : 9783839461044

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Critical by Design? by Claudia Mareis,Moritz Greiner-Petter,Michael Renner Pdf

In its constructive and speculative nature, design has the critical potential to reshape prevalent socio-material realities. At the same time, design is inevitably normative, if not often violent, as it stabilises the past, normalises the present, and precludes just and sustainable futures. The contributions rethink concepts of critique that influence the field of design, question inherent blind spots of the discipline, and expand understandings of what critical design practices could be. With contributions from design theory, practice and education, art theory, philosophy, and informatics, »Critical by Design?« aims to question and unpack the ambivalent tensions between design and critique.

Author : Eric Jenkins
Publisher : Birkhäuser
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-04-19
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9783035624670

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Drawn to Design by Eric Jenkins Pdf

The book is a guide for students and teachers to understand the need for, the role of and the methods and techniques of freehand analytical sketching in architecture. The presentation focuses on drawing as an approach to and phase of architectural design. The conceptual goal of this approach is to use drawing not as illustration or depiction, but as exploration. The first part of the book discusses underlying concepts of freehand sketching in design education and practice as a complement to digital technologies. The main component is a series of chapters that constitute a typology of fundamental issues in architecture and urban design; for instance, issues of "façade" are illustrated with sketch diagrams that show how façades can be explored and sketched through a series of specific questions and step-by-step procedures. In the expanded and updated edition, a new part explores the questions and experiences of large architectural offices in applying freehand drawing in the practice of architectural design. This book is especially timely in an age in which the false conflict between "traditional vs. digital" gives way to multiple design tools, including sketching. It fosters understanding of the essential human ability to investigate the designed and the natural world through freehand drawing.

Author : Stephen Nachmanovitch
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1991-05-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781440673085

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Free Play by Stephen Nachmanovitch Pdf

Free Play is about the inner sources of spontaneous creation. It is about why we create and what we learn when we do. It is about the flow of unhindered creative energy: the joy of making art in all its varied forms. An international bestseller and beloved classic, Free Play is an inspiring and provocative book, directed toward people in any field who want to contact, honor, and strengthen their own creative powers. It reveals how inspiration arises within us, how that inspiration may be blocked, derailed or obscured, and how finally it can be liberated—how we can be liberated—to speak or sing, write or paint, dance or play, with our own authentic voice. Stephen Nachmanovitch, a pioneer in free improvisation, integrates material from a wide variety of sources among the arts, sciences, and spiritual traditions of humanity, drawing on unusual quotes, amusing and illuminating anecdotes, and original metaphors. The whole enterprise of improvisation in life and art, of recovering free play and awakening creativity, is about being true to ourselves and our visions. Free Play brings us into direct, active contact with boundless creative energies that we may not even know we had.

Author : Timon Beyes,Jörg Metelmann
Publisher : transcript Verlag
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783839445099

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The Creativity Complex by Timon Beyes,Jörg Metelmann Pdf

Wherever we turn, we find creative practices and creative spaces, creative organizations and creative subjects. At work or in public places, in media representations and in advertisements, on social platforms, in schools and universities: There is a demand to be new and special, conspicuous and singular. How did this creativity complex and its imperative to be creative come about? Which terms and concepts enable us to understand its multiple and partly contradictory forms and processes? Where are its limits? Gathering and interweaving 40 short and incisive essays, this companion maps, investigates and illuminates the contemporary creativity complex.

Author : Gianfranco Caniggia,Gian Luigi Maffei
Publisher : Alinea Editrice
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9788881254262

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Architectural Composition and Building Typology by Gianfranco Caniggia,Gian Luigi Maffei Pdf

Author : Gesche Joost,Katharina Bredies,Michelle Christensen,Florian Conradi,Andreas Unteidig
Publisher : Birkhäuser
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-25
Category : Design
ISBN : 9783035607383

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Design as Research by Gesche Joost,Katharina Bredies,Michelle Christensen,Florian Conradi,Andreas Unteidig Pdf

Are there differences between design practice and the practice of design research? What alliances between text and artefact are possible in the search for new knowledge? How does design research translate and transform theories and methods from other disciplines? Is design research moving towards becoming a formal discipline and, if so, would this really be an advantage? 16 international authors address these four different aspects in the form of personal statements, and 19 researchers share their reflections based on their experience of having carried out a practice-based PhD. This book investigates the status quo of things in the multi-faceted and constantly evolving field of design research, and outlines the elementary issues faced by researchers. The compendium is a survey of a fast-growing field and, at the same time, provides pointers for personal orientation. With statements from: Uta Brandes, Rachel Cooper, Clive Dilnot, Michael Erlhoff, Alain Findeli, Bill Gaver, Ranulph Glanville, Matthias Held, Wolfgang Jonas, Klaus Krippendorff, Claudia Mareis, Mike Press, Elizabeth B.-N. Sanders, Arne Scheuermann, Cameron Tonkinwise, Brigitte Wolf

Author : Luciano Motta
Publisher : Birkhäuser
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-06
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9783035624601

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The Built Work of Giuseppe Pizzigoni by Luciano Motta Pdf

Giuseppe Pizzigoni, architect of classical and postwar modernism in northern Italy, owes his reputation to his connections with the Novecento movement, his independence from fascism, and his interest in innovative residential floor plans. Using redrawn plans of some 60 realized buildings, the design achievements are systematically analyzed, supplemented by explanations on the historical background, a systematic catalog, and up-to-date photographic documentation.