wow thats really great - thanks Stefan!
:-)
Fiona
On 20 Sep 2014, at 17:51, Stefan Holmlid <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> just a small recent amusement item on the knot theme:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUHgGK-tImY#t=52
>
> But also resonates with what Fiona is referring to, naming, heritage, professionalism, practice, materialism, embodiment, multiple "representations", etc.
>
> /Stefan
>
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> From: PhD-Design - ThisHey thats great list is for discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Fiona Candy
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> Subject: Re: knots
>
> Hi Gunnar
> Thanks for this- brilliant! I wonder why there would be any argument about knots being hugely influential within design? I can't see any argument there at all - unless we are referring to the version of design that was invented in the 1950's.
>
> As a weaver and dyer, I learnt - literally at first hand- of the importance of knots - tying off, tying together. As well as their functional utility, knots and knotting (am thinking about earlier posts around design and designing- i.e. the noun and the verb) are a medium of embodied knowledge- where one learns about the characteristics and behaviour of materials, environment, force, movement, weight, strength, twist... through the embodied process of actually learning how to tie a knot. The body/ mind can gain worldly insights relevant to all manner of design relevant circumstances, through this process.
>
> Knots can also be interpreted as 'stranded' metaphors - that explain social forces at work, or are a means of learning social values in material form, through the action of making.
>
> List members may know of the work of Professor Tim Ingold and the Department of Anthropology at University of Dundee- where knots have been/are being studied to unravel their various threads of knowledge.
>
> Brings me another opportunity to remind people studying design of our discipline's ancient roots and heritage: it is not a totally new, modernist form of knowledge that was parachuted into existence in the middle of last century.
> :-)
>
> Fiona
> See ' huff & puff': it's not about knots- but it's a project that documented embodied skills and how they make social ideology - material. www.vimeo.com/27057593
> www.a-brand.co.uk
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On 20 Sep 2014, at 04:25 pm, Gunnar Swanson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> It's been several years since knots have come up on this list and we could argue whether this has anything directly to do with design but I thought that some of you might enjoy this short video about knots:
>>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/video/t-magazine/100000003117878/in-paris-of-the-humble-knot.html
>>
>> (or at least be amused that the URL turned "in praise" into "in paris.")
>>
>>
>> Gunnar
>>
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