To all
An important precision to my last post, that I consider pertinent to the
thread:
The view I last reported was initiated in late 60s, by a graduate from the
Ulm School of Design (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulm_School_of_Design),
one of the many offsprings from the Bauhaus.
Therefore, contrary to Don's opinion, I consider history very important to
learn from, Not just as reminiscence of, and mere reference to facts
congealed in the past. Rather, those facts taken as material to build on
future paths, after rigorous and objective scrutiny in their historic
context.
From earlier emphasis in Europe on 'emotion', to the 19th century gradual
focus on 'matter-of-fact' (the Bauhaus revolution), the focus and
orientation in early 20st century towards 'holistic, multidsciplinary'
usability of artifacts (Ulm) wouldn't have emerged out of the blue. It has
been a resultant of a continuum search of the right response to an ever
changing phenomenon, that of an evolving relationship between artifacts,
users, and contexts of use.
It seems as well that a new era is unfolding now, as an outcome of
preceding historic facts. And in order to dare proposing, as I did in my
last post, one among many potential, credible, desirable and workable paths
to the future, one must recall and consider those historic facts, with the
purpose to demonstrate through plausible arguments, the need for new facts
instigating either a smooth or a disruptive continuity.
Reference to history is an absolute necessity. Not for artistic
self-centered and self-inspired output though!
From Rwanda, best wishes to all!
François
On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 10:19 PM, Don Norman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> How important is the history of a topic to the work being done today?
>
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