Hi Toon,
- Theory : "Design by use" already suggested, BIRD collection,
Birkhauser edition,
- And a small book for more illustrations :
"RIKIMBILI. Une étude sur la désobéissance technologique et quelques
formes de réinvention. 2009"
Ernesto Oroza (Préfacier) Marie-Haude Caraës
Trad.: Nicole Marchand-Zanartu
67 p. format : 165 x 215
ISBN : 978-2-86272-527-7
Publications de l’Université de Saint-Étienne, 2009
http://ernestooroza.com/index.php?
option=com_content&view=article&id=50&Itemid=61
Regards.
Nathalie Ciprian
Le 3 nov. 11 à 02:09, Dan Zollman a écrit :
> Hi Toon,
>
> An interesting perspective on this is the work on "non intentional
> design"
> and "design by use" by Uta Brandes and others. Conveniently, one
> book covers
> illustrations, the other covers theories.
>
> 1. "Non Intentional Design" by Uta Brandes and Michael Erlhoff
> (Daab, 2006)
> is a book of photos of "non-intentional design" or NID--there are
> just a
> couple pages of text describing the principles of NID (reversible and
> irreversible conversion, multi-functionality, and location change)
> and some
> of the common motives for NID.
> http://www.amazon.com/Non-Intentional-Design-Multilingual-Brandes/
> dp/3937718
> 931
>
> 2. "Design by Use: The Everyday Metamorphosis of Things" by Uta
> Brandes,
> Sonja Stich, and Miriam Wender. I haven't read this yet, but it
> looks like a
> strong analysis.
> http://www.amazon.com/Design-Use-Everyday-Metamorphosis-
> International/dp/376
> 4388676
>
> I think the phrase "design-in-use" may lead to more theories as well.
>
> Dan Zollman
> Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: PhD-Design - This list is for discussion of PhD studies and
>> related
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>> Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 7:39 AM
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>> Subject: [PHD-DESIGN] The "intermediatness" of a product
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> You may remember me form earlier threads, I am a product designer
>> (in my
> last
>> year of my study) and have to think about what I would like to
>> show the
> world at
>> my graduation.
>>
>> I started out with the concept of happiness and products, you
>> helped me a
> great
>> deal with this. I found out that this (as the concept of ethics
>> was about
> a year ago)
>> is abstract and very hard to translate to the physical world.
>> I looked at "the motivation of the designer" (for the modernists
>> that was
> to make
>> the world a better place) and "the intention of the designer" (that
> sometimes is
>> different from what happens with the product in the real
>> world.)
>>
>> And from these ideas I came to look at a product (that most take
>> as an end
> point
>> of the design) as an intermediate product, that will find its
>> final form
> with the user.
>> Like El Lissitzky said "Every form is the frozen instantaneous
>> picture of
> a process.
>> Thus a work is a stopping place on the road to becoming and is not
>> a fixed
> goal."
>>
>> To give a simple illustration, one can take a cup and use it to put
> flowers in, than
>> the cup is not a cup but a vase. So the user can "change" the
>> product.
>> It is clear in modular systems like LEGO. There the product you
>> buy (the
> physical
>> blocks) are not the end product, the concept of building is.
>>
>> Does anyone have any other illustrations or theories on this subject.
>>
>> Thanks for you valuable time.
>>
>> Toon Welling
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