Profound Making
All bringing of being out of non-being is a making, according to Plato.
Regards to all you makers, even those who make lists.
Jerry
On 5/9/07 10:34 AM, "Eduardo Corte Real" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear Makers, Glen, Chris and Dick
>
> Since the Renaissance that the "Disegno" disciplines were proposed as
> intelectual activities. "Making" corresponded to "making in the mind" using
> systems to present and represent ideas to be produced by others. That was
> the way in which artists (designers) got into the table of the Prince and on
> the suculent dishes and wine served.
> A few centuries later the Pre Raphaelits started to tell another story (a
> bit anti-modern in my view).
> I'd rather drive a Morris Minor than be driven by a major Morris (William).
> :-)
> Cheers,
>
> Eduardo
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Buchanan" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 6:14 PM
> Subject: Re: Making?
>
>
>> Glen,
>>
>> What is made and how it is made may have changed, but the making is still
>> there in industrial design. Perhaps the methods are now somewhat more
>> akin
>> to communication design, but we also design and make the machines that
>> will
>> produce the rapid prototype as well as the final product. However, we
>> also
>> make services and we make organizations. What is creation if not bringing
>> something (an idea?) to reality--in whatever manner is available to us?
>>
>> It is useful to understand "making" in a broad sense rather than limiting
>> it
>> to practices in the past. In fact, one of the important developments in
>> our
>> field is how wide the practices of making have become--extended even into
>> areas where we have not thought about making in the past. In one way or
>> another, we make the world around us in many ways.
>>
>> Dick
>>
>>
>> On 5/9/07 8:26 AM, "[log in to unmask]"
>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> Following on from Danny's post -
>>>
>>> Art and design, despite all of their differences, are struggling to
>>> assert
>>> the value of making.
>>>
>>> For most practitioners - there is little to no making anymore in 3D
>>> professional practice.....
>>>
>>> The idea is sketched, modeled quickly on a laptop, arrives via stereo
>>> lithograph or 3D print via courier, gets put into a serious CAD package -
>>> Catia, Pro/E or UG and following the bidding/ purchase/ from a low cost
>>> source - arrives in the mail sometime later.
>>>
>>> There is often very little 'making'. To counter this trend, some
>>> practitioners - have started using virtual 'making' tools - see
>>> www.sensable.com.
>>>
>>> So - in the future 'making' - might be removed from the reseach
>>> discussion
>>> pertaining to ART & design?
>>>
>>>
>>> best,
>>>
>>> GJ
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