Ken, Rob, et al
A few questions and suggestions.
To try and understand my own experience of design practice and design
research, in a learning and teaching context I use the scientific idea
of a 'pendulum' to capture this 'left' and 'right' brain idea that I
keep coming across.
I've argued Design is at the fulcrum of the swing between Science and
Humanities (after Cross and Archer). Is anyone on the list aware of
the use of such a metaphor for Design?
On the 'left right brain' issue, does anyone know of any key
references for this scenario? Rob initially suggested it to be 'an old
horse'. But I'm a new jockey (to extend the metaphor). My key
reference at present is Rita Carter's 'Mapping the mind'. She talks
about 'The great divide' and uses a very useful typographic
explanation on page 55.
On the issue of metaphor, and to add to Ken's point, a colleague
recently spoke highly of the book 'Metaphors we live by' by George
Lakoff and Mark Johnson. They don't focus in name on the 'left right'
issue, but they do have a lot of interesting things to say about 'The
Myths of Objectivism and Subjectivism'. It's only just arrived from
Amazon (not the River, to clarify the metaphor).
Robert
Robert Harland Lecturer Loughborough University School of Art
and Design +44 (0)1509 228980 [log in to unmask]
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On 9 Feb 2010, at 11:07, Ken Friedman wrote:
> Most people -- including designers -- think through language using
> words and metaphors as well as images and feelings.
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